ONS · offence group: Arson and other criminal damage
Crime Survey estimate of all crime (including fraud): Arson and other criminal damage
4 periods to Year ending March 2026
949,000incidents
Crime Survey estimate of all crime (including fraud) for Arson and other criminal damage totalled 949,000 incidents in the 4 periods to Year ending March 2026, down 33.0% (467,000) on the 4 periods before.
ONS dataset
Table A1a
Arson and other criminal damage
column “Apr 2025 to
Mar 2026”
226 per period
published 23 July 2026
1981 to Year ending March 2026
Published valueProvisional or revisedLatestShaded bands: governments (see labels)Hover or use arrow keys to read a value
What this measures
The Crime Survey for England and Wales estimate of the number of incidents experienced by people aged 16 and over and households, for every offence group in the headline table, for each survey year since 1981.
Unweighted sample sizes, the burglary sub-rows the ONS prints under more than one heading (with entry, with loss, no loss, attempts), or the survey years suspended during the pandemic.