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Ministry of Justice · offence group: Criminal damage and arson

Prosecutions: Criminal damage and arson

4 periods to Year ending March 2026

11,603defendants

Prosecutions for Criminal damage and arson totalled 11,603 defendants in the 4 periods to Year ending March 2026, up 28.5% (2,572) on the 4 periods before.

  1. Ministry of Justice dataset
  2. Q3_2
  3. Offence group=Criminal damage and arson
  4. column “2026”
  5. 3384 per period
  6. published 30 July 2026

Year ending March 2016 to Year ending March 2026

Prosecutions by offence group: Year ending March 2016 to Year ending March 2026ConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour01k2k3k201620182020202220242026Year ending March 2016: 3,352 defendants · published 30 July 2026Year ending March 2017: 3,087 defendants · published 30 July 2026Year ending March 2018: 2,724 defendants · published 30 July 2026Year ending March 2019: 2,436 defendants · published 30 July 2026Year ending March 2020: 2,301 defendants · published 30 July 2026Year ending March 2021: 2,176 defendants · published 30 July 2026Year ending March 2022: 2,118 defendants · published 30 July 2026Year ending March 2023: 2,256 defendants · published 30 July 2026Year ending March 2024: 2,640 defendants · published 30 July 2026Year ending March 2025: 3,323 defendants · published 30 July 2026Year ending March 2026: 3,384 defendants · published 30 July 2026
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What this measures

Defendants proceeded against at magistrates' courts in England and Wales in the twelve months ending March, split by the offence group of the principal offence.

The indictable and summary subtotals the table also prints, which are left out so the groups sum to the total.

Source

Dataset
Criminal justice statistics quarterly: overview tables
Release
Year ending March 2026, published 30 July 2026 · sha256 60c19d2d5ff2446d…
All values
Prosecutions by offence group