Police-recorded · Liverpool · Merseyside Police

Criminal damage and arson in Liverpool

12 months to June 2026

9.9per 1,000 residents

Police recorded 5,050 criminal damage and arson offences in Liverpool in the 12 months to June 2026, down 6.2% (335) on the previous 12 months. That is 9.9 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, 507,915

Monthly, September 2011 to June 2026

Monthly recorded offences: September 2011 to June 2026CoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour0250500750201520202025September 2011: 574 offencesOctober 2011: 811 offencesNovember 2011: 647 offencesDecember 2011: 507 offencesJanuary 2012: 628 offencesFebruary 2012: 616 offencesMarch 2012: 637 offencesApril 2012: 608 offencesMay 2012: 539 offencesJune 2012: 515 offencesJuly 2012: 603 offencesAugust 2012: 530 offencesSeptember 2012: 562 offencesOctober 2012: 761 offencesNovember 2012: 734 offencesDecember 2012: 474 offencesJanuary 2013: 591 offencesFebruary 2013: 662 offencesMarch 2013: 548 offencesApril 2013: 608 offencesMay 2013: 575 offencesJune 2013: 553 offencesJuly 2013: 511 offencesAugust 2013: 527 offencesSeptember 2013: 533 offencesOctober 2013: 586 offencesNovember 2013: 613 offencesDecember 2013: 572 offencesJanuary 2014: 516 offencesFebruary 2014: 457 offencesMarch 2014: 568 offencesApril 2014: 555 offencesMay 2014: 553 offencesJune 2014: 436 offencesJuly 2014: 409 offencesAugust 2014: 484 offencesSeptember 2014: 517 offencesOctober 2014: 625 offencesNovember 2014: 591 offencesDecember 2014: 453 offencesJanuary 2015: 444 offencesFebruary 2015: 449 offencesMarch 2015: 560 offencesApril 2015: 572 offencesMay 2015: 578 offencesJune 2015: 485 offencesJuly 2015: 530 offencesAugust 2015: 505 offencesSeptember 2015: 482 offencesOctober 2015: 683 offencesNovember 2015: 572 offencesDecember 2015: 475 offencesJanuary 2016: 458 offencesFebruary 2016: 468 offencesMarch 2016: 529 offencesApril 2016: 523 offencesMay 2016: 506 offencesJune 2016: 513 offencesJuly 2016: 544 offencesAugust 2016: 554 offencesSeptember 2016: 484 offencesOctober 2016: 772 offencesNovember 2016: 617 offencesDecember 2016: 517 offencesJanuary 2017: 540 offencesFebruary 2017: 575 offencesMarch 2017: 611 offencesApril 2017: 571 offencesMay 2017: 589 offencesJune 2017: 582 offencesJuly 2017: 580 offencesAugust 2017: 564 offencesSeptember 2017: 567 offencesOctober 2017: 745 offencesNovember 2017: 700 offencesDecember 2017: 485 offencesJanuary 2018: 567 offencesFebruary 2018: 528 offencesMarch 2018: 522 offencesApril 2018: 544 offencesMay 2018: 577 offencesJune 2018: 504 offencesJuly 2018: 480 offencesAugust 2018: 550 offencesSeptember 2018: 492 offencesOctober 2018: 609 offencesNovember 2018: 577 offencesDecember 2018: 452 offencesJanuary 2019: 469 offencesFebruary 2019: 499 offencesMarch 2019: 457 offencesApril 2019: 525 offencesMay 2019: 454 offencesJune 2019: 442 offencesJuly 2019: 498 offencesAugust 2019: 487 offencesSeptember 2019: 411 offencesOctober 2019: 595 offencesNovember 2019: 569 offencesDecember 2019: 445 offencesJanuary 2020: 461 offencesFebruary 2020: 522 offencesMarch 2020: 514 offencesApril 2020: 293 offencesMay 2020: 370 offencesJune 2020: 444 offencesJuly 2020: 480 offencesAugust 2020: 552 offencesSeptember 2020: 491 offencesOctober 2020: 501 offencesNovember 2020: 517 offencesDecember 2020: 435 offencesJanuary 2021: 368 offencesFebruary 2021: 352 offencesMarch 2021: 447 offencesApril 2021: 488 offencesMay 2021: 527 offencesJune 2021: 485 offencesJuly 2021: 562 offencesAugust 2021: 497 offencesSeptember 2021: 572 offencesOctober 2021: 615 offencesNovember 2021: 609 offencesDecember 2021: 458 offencesJanuary 2022: 469 offencesFebruary 2022: 490 offencesMarch 2022: 583 offencesApril 2022: 510 offencesMay 2022: 545 offencesJune 2022: 528 offencesJuly 2022: 523 offencesAugust 2022: 493 offencesSeptember 2022: 519 offencesOctober 2022: 558 offencesNovember 2022: 613 offencesDecember 2022: 447 offencesJanuary 2023: 514 offencesFebruary 2023: 515 offencesMarch 2023: 511 offencesApril 2023: 500 offencesMay 2023: 537 offencesJune 2023: 490 offencesJuly 2023: 443 offencesAugust 2023: 495 offencesSeptember 2023: 422 offencesOctober 2023: 449 offencesNovember 2023: 505 offencesDecember 2023: 451 offencesJanuary 2024: 417 offencesFebruary 2024: 394 offencesMarch 2024: 463 offencesApril 2024: 468 offencesMay 2024: 500 offencesJune 2024: 465 offencesJuly 2024: 427 offencesAugust 2024: 484 offencesSeptember 2024: 443 offencesOctober 2024: 510 offencesNovember 2024: 543 offencesDecember 2024: 385 offencesJanuary 2025: 397 offencesFebruary 2025: 377 offencesMarch 2025: 474 offencesApril 2025: 429 offencesMay 2025: 462 offencesJune 2025: 454 offencesJuly 2025: 424 offencesAugust 2025: 434 offencesSeptember 2025: 414 offencesOctober 2025: 519 offencesNovember 2025: 448 offencesDecember 2025: 407 offencesJanuary 2026: 401 offencesFebruary 2026: 385 offencesMarch 2026: 435 offencesApril 2026: 410 offencesMay 2026: 364 offencesJune 2026: 409 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 20126,08213.12012
June 20137,20115.52013
June 20146,42713.82014
June 20156,16713.12015
June 20166,24413.12016
June 20176,95614.52017
June 20186,88314.22018
June 20196,00612.42019
June 20205,60911.62020
June 20215,64311.62021
June 20226,43813.02022
June 20236,22012.42023
June 20245,47210.82024
June 20255,38510.62025
June 20265,0509.92025

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 Liverpool

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