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Criminal damage and arson (police-recorded)

Year ending March 2026 Final

456,843offences

Criminal damage and arson (police-recorded) was 456,843 offences in the year ending March 2026, down 1.3% (6,177) from 463,020 in the year ending March 2025.

▼ 1.3% · −6,177 against Year ending March 2025 (year on year)

  1. ONS count
  2. Year ending March 2026
  3. published 23 July 2026
  4. Table A5a
  5. row “TOTAL CRIMINAL DAMAGE AND ARSON”
  6. column “Apr 2025 to Mar 2026”
  7. cell value 456843

Year ending March 2026 is the lowest figure in the published series: 456,843. Rule: lowest of the 24 periods published here (Year ending March 2003 to Year ending March 2026).

Year ending March 2003 to Year ending March 2026

Criminal damage and arson (police-recorded): Year ending March 2003 to Year ending March 2026LabourLabourLabourLabourCoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabour0500k1m20052010201520202025Year ending March 2003: 1,114,472 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2004: 1,209,912 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2005: 1,187,477 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2006: 1,173,848 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2007: 1,177,151 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2008: 1,030,038 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2009: 930,327 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2010: 800,645 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2011: 695,084 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2012: 626,008 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2013: 529,712 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2014: 506,012 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2015: 503,259 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2016: 540,800 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2017: 565,063 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2018: 590,974 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2019: 573,207 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2020: 560,440 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2021: 480,426 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2022: 534,038 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2023: 530,302 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2024: 496,393 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2025: 463,020 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2026: 456,843 offences · published 23 July 2026
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Breakdowns

What this measures

Police-recorded criminal damage and arson offences in England and Wales in a 12-month period.

What this doesn’t measure

Damage not reported to the police, or anti-social behaviour that is not recorded as a crime.

Important caveat

Police-recorded crime counts offences reported to and recorded by the police. It is affected by whether people report crime and by changes in police recording practice, so it does not measure all crime that happens. The Crime Survey for England and Wales is the better guide to long-term trends in the crimes it covers. Police recorded crime is not designated as National Statistics.

Revision history

No period of this series has been revised since it was first ingested here. Revisions are recorded automatically when a later release publishes a different figure for the same period.

Source

Publisher
ONS
Publication
Crime in England and Wales: Appendix tables
Release
Year ending March 2026, published 23 July 2026
Source file
appendixtablesyemar2026.xlsx
File SHA-256
9e4a930ec090b4b4a7dfda22f6f5f3b418cfa6a034f977ae99977562f8502ac9
Retrieved
4 September 2026
Sheet
Table A5a
Table
Table A5a
Row
TOTAL CRIMINAL DAMAGE AND ARSON
Column
Apr 2025 to Mar 2026
Cell value
456843
Geography
England and Wales
Unit
offences
API
/api/metrics/prc_criminal_damage · /series · /vintages

Related metrics

Government periods

Change during each government, from the level inherited to the last complete period before it left office. Describes the period; does not attribute cause.

Labour 2024–496,393Year ending March 2024456,843Year ending March 2026↓ 8.0%
Conservative 2019–2024573,207Year ending March 2019496,393Year ending March 2024↓ 13.4%
Conservative 2017–2019565,063Year ending March 2017573,207Year ending March 2019↑ 1.4%
Conservative 2015–2017503,259Year ending March 2015565,063Year ending March 2017↑ 12.3%
Coalition 2010–2015800,645Year ending March 2010503,259Year ending March 2015↓ 37.1%
Labour 2005–20101,187,477Year ending March 2005800,645Year ending March 2010↓ 32.6%

Full comparison with chart

Release
Year ending March 2026 · publication page
Last updated
23 July 2026
Next scheduled release
22 October 2026 (official date)