Police-recorded · Bristol, City of · Avon and Somerset Constabulary
Criminal damage and arson in Bristol, City of
12 months to June 2026
10.3per 1,000 residents
Police recorded 5,082 criminal damage and arson offences in Bristol, City of in the 12 months to June 2026, up 19.4% (827) on the previous 12 months. That is 10.3 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, 495,260
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
4,555
10.5
2012
June 2013
4,772
10.9
2013
June 2014
4,676
10.5
2014
June 2015
4,667
10.3
2015
June 2016
4,568
9.9
2016
June 2017
5,004
10.8
2017
June 2018
5,069
10.9
2018
June 2019
5,096
10.8
2019
June 2020
4,928
10.4
2020
June 2021
5,209
11.1
2021
June 2022
5,317
11.1
2022
June 2023
5,202
10.7
2023
June 2024
5,028
10.2
2024
June 2025
4,255
8.6
2025
June 2026
5,082
10.3
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.