Police-recorded · Wyre Forest · West Mercia Police
Criminal damage and arson in Wyre Forest
12 months to June 2026
7.1per 1,000 residents
Police recorded 741 criminal damage and arson offences in Wyre Forest in the 12 months to June 2026, down 4.5% (35) on the previous 12 months. That is 7.1 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, 104,179
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
949
9.7
2012
June 2013
908
9.2
2013
June 2014
761
7.7
2014
June 2015
896
9.0
2015
June 2016
868
8.6
2016
June 2017
840
8.3
2017
June 2018
1,005
9.9
2018
June 2019
984
9.7
2019
June 2020
882
8.7
2020
June 2021
735
7.2
2021
June 2022
906
8.9
2022
June 2023
871
8.5
2023
June 2024
784
7.6
2024
June 2025
776
7.4
2025
June 2026
741
7.1
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.