Ministry of Justice · offence group: Criminal damage and arson

Sentenced prison population: Criminal damage and arson

at 30 June 2026

886people

Sentenced prison population for Criminal damage and arson was 886 people at 30 June 2026, down 2.1% (19) on the period before.

  1. Ministry of Justice dataset
  2. Table_1_Q_5
  3. Sex=Male and female; Age group=All ages; Offence group=Criminal damage and arson
  4. column “30 June 2026
  5. 886 per period
  6. published 30 July 2026

June 2025 to June 2026

Sentenced prison population by offence group: June 2025 to June 2026LabourLabour025050075020252026June 2025: 893 people · published 30 July 2026September 2025: 860 people · published 30 July 2026December 2025: 850 people · published 30 July 2026March 2026: 905 people · published 30 July 2026June 2026: 886 people · published 30 July 2026

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What this measures

The prison population under an immediate custodial sentence in England and Wales at the end of each quarter, split by the offence group of the principal offence.

People on remand, or the total sentenced population as counted by custody type group in Table 1.Q.1, which also includes a small number of sentenced prisoners outside this table's definition.

Source

Dataset
Offender management statistics quarterly: prison population
Release
Prison population as at 30 June 2026, published 30 July 2026 · sha256 9f832c04e75831f8
All values
Sentenced prison population by offence group