Two swastikas were scrawled in the northwest London neighborhood of Kentish Town, the UK-based Jewish News reported Monday.
Police have opened an investigation into the hate crime after receiving a report on the anti-Semitic graffiti, which was found plastered onto the outer wall of a residential building.
A police spokesperson told the Jewish News, "Police were called to Highgate Road, NW5 at 09:40hrs on Thursday, 22 January following reports of racist graffiti."
"Attending officers found offensive graffiti drawn onto a wall of the building and informed the local authority who removed it. No arrests have been made. Enquiries are ongoing.”
Conservative councilor for Housing and Community Safety, Oliver Cooper, who reported the swastikas to the police said, “This appalling incident is only the latest in a sad escalation of hate crimes and hate speech."
"Whether it’s graffiti swastikas, or hatred on social media - it’s important that everyone tackles this head-on," Cooper continued. "I will be asking Camden Council what’s being done to reverse this rising tide of hate locally, and make sure we keep the community safe.”
News of the Nazi symbols in London comes on the same day as reports of a shocking neo-Nazi rally in Newcastle, northern England, in which demonstrators held up a banner with the words "Hitler was right."
British Jewish groups voiced their concern at the rally, and say they are monitoring the situation closely.
These incidents comes a month after statistics released by the Met Police revealed a 61% increase in anti-Semitic crime in Britain in 2015 - an apparent continuation of a surge in hate crimes in Britain in recent years.