Arsonists targeted Nigel Farage by pushing a firebomb through the letterbox of his home, the Reform Party leader has revealed.

Farage, 62, said the petrol bomb fortunately burnt out before causing any significant damage during the incident last year.

He has labelled the event as an 'outright arson attempt'. 

Farage recalled how the attack, which came at the start of 2025, occurred while he was not inside the property - with the politician discovering the damage only when he opened his front door. 

Police have investigated, but as yet no suspects have been identified. 

Speaking from Norfolk while currently touring the country ahead of local elections, Farage told The Telegraph that the attempted arson had not been the only attack he has experienced over recent months.

He said: 'There are huge dangers in this job. I’m acutely aware of the love for me, but equally the levels of antipathy that exist.

'Sometimes things happen when there are cameras there, but there are plenty of times when things don't make the news, like pints of beer being thrown over me or the attack on my home. I also had to write off a car once because it was attacked by protesters when I was in it.'

Farage revealed the multiple threats against his safety had prompted him to up his security, with Thailand-based British billionaire Christopher Harborne gifting him a seven-figure sum.

Thought to be in the region of £5million, the money was given to Farage before he re-entered politics ahead of the 2024 general election. 

Describing Harborne as an 'ardent supporter' - who has donated millions more to Reform - the politician said he was grateful for his security having 'tried and failed' to receive funding from the Home Office.

The crypto investor was by Farage's side when a protester threw a banana milkshake over the politician as he met voters in Clacton-on-Sea in 2024.

He was also pelted with rubbish from a building site in Barnsley during the same week.

Due to the increased threat against him, the Home Office did step in to offer him private security - but last October he claimed parliamentary authorities had reduced his security detail by 75 per cent.

Aside from the risk of in-person attacks on Farage, the politician expressed his fears over 'violent' rhetoric online.

He said: 'There is also the online threat, with people encouraging the use of violence against me, which we have reported to the police several times with no response that I can discern whatsoever and the pretty much point-blank refusal of the British state to help me.'