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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

2.8%percent

Crime Survey estimate of all crime (including fraud) for Arson and other criminal damage totalled 2.8% percent in the 4 periods to Year ending March 2026, down 31.7% (1.3%) on the 4 periods before.

  1. ONS dataset
  2. Table A3a
  3. Arson and other criminal damage
  4. column “Apr 2025 to Mar 2026”
  5. 0.7 per period
  6. published 23 July 2026

1981 to Year ending March 2026

Crime Survey prevalence by offence group: 1981 to Year ending March 2026ConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabourLabourLabourLabourCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeLabour0%2%4%19902000201020201981: 3.9% percent · published 23 July 20261983: 3.5% percent · published 23 July 20261987: 4.4% percent · published 23 July 20261991: 3.3% percent · published 23 July 20261993: 4.1% percent · published 23 July 20261995: 4.3% percent · published 23 July 20261997: 3.5% percent · published 23 July 20261999: 3% percent · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2002: 3% percent · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2003: 2.8% percent · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2004: 2.8% percent · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2005: 2.7% percent · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2006: 2.8% percent · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2007: 2.8% percent · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2008: 2.5% percent · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2009: 2.5% percent · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2010: 2.3% percent · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2011: 1.9% percent · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2012: 1.8% percent · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2013: 1.5% percent · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2014: 1.3% percent · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2015: 1.2% percent · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2016: 1.1% percent · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2017: 1.1% percent · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2018: 1.1% percent · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2019: 1% percent · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2020: 0.9% percent · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2023: 0.7% percent · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2024: 0.7% percent · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2025: 0.7% percent · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2026: 0.7% percent · published 23 July 2026
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What this measures

The percentage of adults aged 16 and over, or of households, who were victims once or more of each offence group in the Crime Survey for England and Wales, for each survey year since 1981.

Unweighted sample sizes, the per-vehicle-owner and per-bicycle-owner rates that repeat a household label, the burglary sub-rows printed under more than one heading, or how many times each victim was affected.

Source

Dataset
Crime in England and Wales: Appendix tables
Release
Year ending March 2026, published 23 July 2026 · sha256 9e4a930ec090b4b4…
All values
Crime Survey estimate of all crime (including fraud) by offence group