Police-recorded · Newham · Metropolitan Police Service

Criminal damage and arson in Newham

12 months to June 2026

4.7per 1,000 residents

Police recorded 1,753 criminal damage and arson offences in Newham in the 12 months to June 2026, down 11.1% (219) on the previous 12 months. That is 4.7 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, 376,542

Monthly, September 2011 to June 2026

Monthly recorded offences: September 2011 to June 2026CoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour0100200201520202025September 2011: 207 offencesOctober 2011: 190 offencesNovember 2011: 189 offencesDecember 2011: 154 offencesJanuary 2012: 170 offencesFebruary 2012: 181 offencesMarch 2012: 196 offencesApril 2012: 206 offencesMay 2012: 210 offencesJune 2012: 183 offencesJuly 2012: 191 offencesAugust 2012: 189 offencesSeptember 2012: 161 offencesOctober 2012: 191 offencesNovember 2012: 177 offencesDecember 2012: 197 offencesJanuary 2013: 178 offencesFebruary 2013: 152 offencesMarch 2013: 146 offencesApril 2013: 176 offencesMay 2013: 197 offencesJune 2013: 183 offencesJuly 2013: 195 offencesAugust 2013: 157 offencesSeptember 2013: 146 offencesOctober 2013: 199 offencesNovember 2013: 154 offencesDecember 2013: 169 offencesJanuary 2014: 163 offencesFebruary 2014: 171 offencesMarch 2014: 177 offencesApril 2014: 192 offencesMay 2014: 197 offencesJune 2014: 187 offencesJuly 2014: 173 offencesAugust 2014: 171 offencesSeptember 2014: 164 offencesOctober 2014: 182 offencesNovember 2014: 180 offencesDecember 2014: 176 offencesJanuary 2015: 151 offencesFebruary 2015: 156 offencesMarch 2015: 190 offencesApril 2015: 197 offencesMay 2015: 181 offencesJune 2015: 207 offencesJuly 2015: 217 offencesAugust 2015: 205 offencesSeptember 2015: 198 offencesOctober 2015: 201 offencesNovember 2015: 203 offencesDecember 2015: 180 offencesJanuary 2016: 211 offencesFebruary 2016: 192 offencesMarch 2016: 196 offencesApril 2016: 201 offencesMay 2016: 229 offencesJune 2016: 184 offencesJuly 2016: 222 offencesAugust 2016: 183 offencesSeptember 2016: 183 offencesOctober 2016: 196 offencesNovember 2016: 211 offencesDecember 2016: 206 offencesJanuary 2017: 191 offencesFebruary 2017: 168 offencesMarch 2017: 203 offencesApril 2017: 188 offencesMay 2017: 176 offencesJune 2017: 188 offencesJuly 2017: 208 offencesAugust 2017: 167 offencesSeptember 2017: 184 offencesOctober 2017: 228 offencesNovember 2017: 207 offencesDecember 2017: 188 offencesJanuary 2018: 172 offencesFebruary 2018: 139 offencesMarch 2018: 175 offencesApril 2018: 197 offencesMay 2018: 190 offencesJune 2018: 220 offencesJuly 2018: 193 offencesAugust 2018: 212 offencesSeptember 2018: 194 offencesOctober 2018: 212 offencesNovember 2018: 197 offencesDecember 2018: 204 offencesJanuary 2019: 149 offencesFebruary 2019: 160 offencesMarch 2019: 187 offencesApril 2019: 176 offencesMay 2019: 191 offencesJune 2019: 169 offencesJuly 2019: 175 offencesAugust 2019: 173 offencesSeptember 2019: 145 offencesOctober 2019: 199 offencesNovember 2019: 191 offencesDecember 2019: 149 offencesJanuary 2020: 152 offencesFebruary 2020: 178 offencesMarch 2020: 167 offencesApril 2020: 150 offencesMay 2020: 123 offencesJune 2020: 159 offencesJuly 2020: 194 offencesAugust 2020: 177 offencesSeptember 2020: 173 offencesOctober 2020: 167 offencesNovember 2020: 160 offencesDecember 2020: 151 offencesJanuary 2021: 146 offencesFebruary 2021: 158 offencesMarch 2021: 161 offencesApril 2021: 178 offencesMay 2021: 189 offencesJune 2021: 209 offencesJuly 2021: 174 offencesAugust 2021: 156 offencesSeptember 2021: 195 offencesOctober 2021: 184 offencesNovember 2021: 164 offencesDecember 2021: 158 offencesJanuary 2022: 162 offencesFebruary 2022: 142 offencesMarch 2022: 185 offencesApril 2022: 180 offencesMay 2022: 195 offencesJune 2022: 186 offencesJuly 2022: 228 offencesAugust 2022: 168 offencesSeptember 2022: 179 offencesOctober 2022: 162 offencesNovember 2022: 181 offencesDecember 2022: 147 offencesJanuary 2023: 147 offencesFebruary 2023: 140 offencesMarch 2023: 165 offencesApril 2023: 171 offencesMay 2023: 179 offencesJune 2023: 201 offencesJuly 2023: 205 offencesAugust 2023: 205 offencesSeptember 2023: 168 offencesOctober 2023: 162 offencesNovember 2023: 177 offencesDecember 2023: 174 offencesJanuary 2024: 165 offencesFebruary 2024: 164 offencesMarch 2024: 161 offencesApril 2024: 189 offencesMay 2024: 163 offencesJune 2024: 168 offencesJuly 2024: 181 offencesAugust 2024: 171 offencesSeptember 2024: 155 offencesOctober 2024: 168 offencesNovember 2024: 155 offencesDecember 2024: 137 offencesJanuary 2025: 156 offencesFebruary 2025: 131 offencesMarch 2025: 180 offencesApril 2025: 179 offencesMay 2025: 188 offencesJune 2025: 171 offencesJuly 2025: 180 offencesAugust 2025: 179 offencesSeptember 2025: 181 offencesOctober 2025: 176 offencesNovember 2025: 149 offencesDecember 2025: 165 offencesJanuary 2026: 148 offencesFebruary 2026: 154 offencesMarch 2026: 198 offencesApril 2026: 204 offencesMay 2026: 13 offencesJune 2026: 6 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 20121,8866.02012
June 20132,1386.72013
June 20142,1076.52014
June 20152,1286.42015
June 20162,4177.22016
June 20172,3156.82017
June 20182,2756.62018
June 20192,2446.42019
June 20201,9615.62020
June 20212,0635.92021
June 20222,0815.82022
June 20232,0685.52023
June 20242,1015.52024
June 20251,9725.22025
June 20261,7534.72025

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 Newham

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