Police-recorded · Arun · Sussex Police

Criminal damage and arson in Arun

12 months to June 2026

7.3per 1,000 residents

Police recorded 1,252 criminal damage and arson offences in Arun in the 12 months to June 2026, down 1.0% (13) on the previous 12 months. That is 7.3 per 1,000 residents against 6.9 for England and Wales.

  1. Home Office · data.police.uk
  2. street-level crime archive, category “Criminal damage and arson
  3. local authority via LSOA lookup
  4. population: ONS mid-2025 estimate, 172,326

Monthly, September 2011 to June 2026

Monthly recorded offences: September 2011 to June 2026CoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour050100150201520202025September 2011: 134 offencesOctober 2011: 111 offencesNovember 2011: 146 offencesDecember 2011: 149 offencesJanuary 2012: 135 offencesFebruary 2012: 104 offencesMarch 2012: 128 offencesApril 2012: 120 offencesMay 2012: 104 offencesJune 2012: 112 offencesJuly 2012: 134 offencesAugust 2012: 135 offencesSeptember 2012: 121 offencesOctober 2012: 128 offencesNovember 2012: 126 offencesDecember 2012: 108 offencesJanuary 2013: 139 offencesFebruary 2013: 102 offencesMarch 2013: 134 offencesApril 2013: 120 offencesMay 2013: 115 offencesJune 2013: 109 offencesJuly 2013: 111 offencesAugust 2013: 116 offencesSeptember 2013: 110 offencesOctober 2013: 95 offencesNovember 2013: 83 offencesDecember 2013: 79 offencesJanuary 2014: 129 offencesFebruary 2014: 83 offencesMarch 2014: 97 offencesApril 2014: 79 offencesMay 2014: 95 offencesJune 2014: 96 offencesJuly 2014: 115 offencesAugust 2014: 124 offencesSeptember 2014: 124 offencesOctober 2014: 105 offencesNovember 2014: 182 offencesDecember 2014: 93 offencesJanuary 2015: 110 offencesFebruary 2015: 104 offencesMarch 2015: 114 offencesApril 2015: 93 offencesMay 2015: 84 offencesJune 2015: 116 offencesJuly 2015: 93 offencesAugust 2015: 116 offencesSeptember 2015: 100 offencesOctober 2015: 77 offencesNovember 2015: 91 offencesDecember 2015: 100 offencesJanuary 2016: 108 offencesFebruary 2016: 116 offencesMarch 2016: 115 offencesApril 2016: 118 offencesMay 2016: 105 offencesJune 2016: 120 offencesJuly 2016: 111 offencesAugust 2016: 78 offencesSeptember 2016: 93 offencesOctober 2016: 100 offencesNovember 2016: 96 offencesDecember 2016: 78 offencesJanuary 2017: 117 offencesFebruary 2017: 90 offencesMarch 2017: 86 offencesApril 2017: 93 offencesMay 2017: 107 offencesJune 2017: 114 offencesJuly 2017: 112 offencesAugust 2017: 128 offencesSeptember 2017: 96 offencesOctober 2017: 121 offencesNovember 2017: 119 offencesDecember 2017: 112 offencesJanuary 2018: 105 offencesFebruary 2018: 91 offencesMarch 2018: 118 offencesApril 2018: 99 offencesMay 2018: 91 offencesJune 2018: 118 offencesJuly 2018: 107 offencesAugust 2018: 118 offencesSeptember 2018: 110 offencesOctober 2018: 116 offencesNovember 2018: 113 offencesDecember 2018: 149 offencesJanuary 2019: 120 offencesFebruary 2019: 91 offencesMarch 2019: 125 offencesApril 2019: 83 offencesMay 2019: 102 offencesJune 2019: 96 offencesJuly 2019: 144 offencesAugust 2019: 105 offencesSeptember 2019: 90 offencesOctober 2019: 99 offencesNovember 2019: 82 offencesDecember 2019: 89 offencesJanuary 2020: 109 offencesFebruary 2020: 97 offencesMarch 2020: 92 offencesApril 2020: 87 offencesMay 2020: 94 offencesJune 2020: 109 offencesJuly 2020: 119 offencesAugust 2020: 118 offencesSeptember 2020: 126 offencesOctober 2020: 116 offencesNovember 2020: 117 offencesDecember 2020: 113 offencesJanuary 2021: 87 offencesFebruary 2021: 73 offencesMarch 2021: 101 offencesApril 2021: 100 offencesMay 2021: 102 offencesJune 2021: 108 offencesJuly 2021: 88 offencesAugust 2021: 141 offencesSeptember 2021: 90 offencesOctober 2021: 83 offencesNovember 2021: 102 offencesDecember 2021: 98 offencesJanuary 2022: 93 offencesFebruary 2022: 90 offencesMarch 2022: 105 offencesApril 2022: 109 offencesMay 2022: 107 offencesJune 2022: 122 offencesJuly 2022: 125 offencesAugust 2022: 123 offencesSeptember 2022: 123 offencesOctober 2022: 117 offencesNovember 2022: 111 offencesDecember 2022: 108 offencesJanuary 2023: 158 offencesFebruary 2023: 142 offencesMarch 2023: 128 offencesApril 2023: 123 offencesMay 2023: 144 offencesJune 2023: 82 offencesJuly 2023: 182 offencesAugust 2023: 156 offencesSeptember 2023: 116 offencesOctober 2023: 118 offencesNovember 2023: 125 offencesDecember 2023: 95 offencesJanuary 2024: 125 offencesFebruary 2024: 111 offencesMarch 2024: 110 offencesApril 2024: 101 offencesMay 2024: 112 offencesJune 2024: 112 offencesJuly 2024: 118 offencesAugust 2024: 125 offencesSeptember 2024: 90 offencesOctober 2024: 104 offencesNovember 2024: 116 offencesDecember 2024: 112 offencesJanuary 2025: 80 offencesFebruary 2025: 79 offencesMarch 2025: 111 offencesApril 2025: 98 offencesMay 2025: 116 offencesJune 2025: 116 offencesJuly 2025: 109 offencesAugust 2025: 117 offencesSeptember 2025: 87 offencesOctober 2025: 101 offencesNovember 2025: 80 offencesDecember 2025: 127 offencesJanuary 2026: 101 offencesFebruary 2026: 106 offencesMarch 2026: 118 offencesApril 2026: 93 offencesMay 2026: 104 offencesJune 2026: 109 offences

Offences recorded in this category each month, from the street-level archivePublished valueProvisional or revisedLatestShaded bands: governments (see labels)Hover or use arrow keys to read a value

Each year since 2011

Year toOffencesPer 1,000Population year
June 20110 (partial)
June 20121,2438.22012
June 20131,4719.52013
June 20141,1737.52014
June 20151,3648.72015
June 20161,2597.92016
June 20171,1637.22017
June 20181,3108.12018
June 20191,3308.12019
June 20201,1977.32020
June 20211,2807.72021
June 20221,2287.42022
June 20231,4848.82023
June 20241,4638.62024
June 20251,2657.32025
June 20261,2527.32025

What this measures

Damage to buildings and vehicles, and fires set deliberately.

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. A higher recorded rate does not mean an area is more dangerous.

Other categories in Arun

Every local authority ranked by criminal damage and arson rate · All recorded crime in Arun