Police-recorded · Merthyr Tydfil · South Wales Police
Criminal damage and arson in Merthyr Tydfil
12 months to June 2026
9.6per 1,000 residents
Police recorded 561 criminal damage and arson offences in Merthyr Tydfil in the 12 months to June 2026, down 1.8% (10) on the previous 12 months. That is 9.6 per 1,000 residents against 6.9 for England and Wales.
Home Office · data.police.uk
street-level crime archive, category “Criminal damage and arson”
local authority via LSOA lookup
population: ONS mid-2025 estimate, 58,362
Monthly, September 2011 to June 2026
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 to
Offences
Per 1,000
Population year
June 2011
0 (partial)
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June 2012
597
10.1
2012
June 2013
794
13.5
2013
June 2014
757
12.9
2014
June 2015
765
13.0
2015
June 2016
776
13.1
2016
June 2017
699
11.8
2017
June 2018
722
12.2
2018
June 2019
599
10.1
2019
June 2020
575
9.7
2020
June 2021
546
9.3
2021
June 2022
618
10.5
2022
June 2023
620
10.6
2023
June 2024
568
9.7
2024
June 2025
571
9.8
2025
June 2026
561
9.6
2025
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.