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Criminal damage and arson (police-recorded): record highs and lows

The extremes of criminal damage and arson (police-recorded) as published by ONS, across the 24 periods held here (Year ending March 2003 to Year ending March 2026). Each record is a published figure, not a computed one, and the scope is this series — not “ever”.

The latest figure, 456,843 in Year ending March 2026, is the lowest in the whole published series of 24 periods. The rule: a period counts as beaten only when its figure is strictly above the latest, and the claim is only made when it reaches back at least five years.

Highest published

1,209,912Year ending March 2004

Lowest published

456,843Year ending March 2026

The full series

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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What a record here is, and is not

A record is the extreme of the periods this site holds for the current series, at each period’s newest published release. Earlier series measured under different methods are not compared against it. Money is in cash terms: a record set years ago stands against the money of its own year.