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ONS · offence category: 56A Arson endangering life

Police-recorded crime (excluding fraud): 56A Arson endangering life

4 periods to Year ending March 2026

16,141offences

Police-recorded crime (excluding fraud) for 56A Arson endangering life totalled 16,141 offences in the 4 periods to Year ending March 2026, down 0.6% (98) on the 4 periods before.

  1. ONS dataset
  2. Table A5a
  3. Arson endangering life [note 45]
  4. column “Apr 2025 to Mar 2026”
  5. 3933 per period
  6. published 23 July 2026

Year ending March 2009 to Year ending March 2026

Police-recorded crime by offence: Year ending March 2009 to Year ending March 2026LabourCoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour02k4k2010201520202025Year ending March 2009: 3,629 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2010: 3,623 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2011: 3,325 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2012: 3,100 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2013: 2,588 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2014: 2,574 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2015: 2,807 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2016: 3,288 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2017: 3,518 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2018: 4,117 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2019: 4,166 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2020: 4,026 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2021: 3,950 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2022: 4,097 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2023: 4,165 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2024: 4,063 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2025: 3,980 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2026: 3,933 offences · published 23 July 2026
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What this measures

The number of offences recorded by the police in England and Wales for every offence and offence group in the ONS appendix table, for each year ending March since 2003. Coded rows are individual Home Office offence codes; rows marked (subtotal) are the groups the ONS prints without a code.

Offences whose code was retired or introduced part way through the series (shown as unavailable for those years), or fraud reported to Action Fraud and Report Fraud for the latest year.

Source

Dataset
Crime in England and Wales: Appendix tables
Release
Year ending March 2026, published 23 July 2026 · sha256 9e4a930ec090b4b4…
All values
Police-recorded crime (excluding fraud) by offence category