Civometry

ONS · 5 July 2024 – present

Criminal damage and arson (police-recorded) during the Labour 2024– government

Year ending March 2024 → Year ending March 2026 · 2 periods

↓ 8.0%−39,550 offences

Criminal damage and arson (police-recorded) fell by 8.0% over the period, from 496,393 offences (Year ending March 2024, the level when the government took office) to 456,843 (Year ending March 2026, the latest available).

  1. Inherited level Year ending March 2024: 496,393
  2. Latest Year ending March 2026: 456,843
  3. method: latest complete period before start / before end

Changes during this period do not by themselves show what the government caused. Statistics reflect many influences, including earlier decisions, the economy and how the data is collected.

Criminal damage and arson (police-recorded): Year ending March 2003 to Year ending March 2026LabourLabourLabourLabourCoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabour0500k1m20052010201520202025Year ending March 2003: 1,114,472 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2004: 1,209,912 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2005: 1,187,477 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2006: 1,173,848 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2007: 1,177,151 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2008: 1,030,038 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2009: 930,327 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2010: 800,645 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2011: 695,084 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2012: 626,008 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2013: 529,712 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2014: 506,012 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2015: 503,259 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2016: 540,800 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2017: 565,063 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2018: 590,974 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2019: 573,207 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2020: 560,440 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2021: 480,426 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2022: 534,038 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2023: 530,302 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2024: 496,393 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2025: 463,020 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2026: 456,843 offences · published 23 July 2026
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Definition and caveats

Police-recorded criminal damage and arson offences in England and Wales in a 12-month period.

Doesn’t measure: Damage not reported to the police, or anti-social behaviour that is not recorded as a crime.