Arson

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Freedom of Information (FOI) Act request ref: 01/FIN/24/002537/E

Version Date: 21/11/2024

The Performance Analysis Department have provided the following information.

Searches were completed on Niche for crimes with the latest HO stats code of 056/01 or 056/02 and filtered the Person link involvement field to “arrested”.

The returned dataset was then filtered down to show only the following SC Descriptions…

Arson (recordable)
Arson with intent to endanger life (recordable)
Arson with intent / reckless as to whether life was endangered (recordable)
Arson with recklessness as to whether life was endangered (recordable)

Occurrences relating to attempted arson and conspiring to commit arson have been removed.

In some instances, a suspect has been arrested under the same occurrence for both arson and arson with intent, these instances will show as two arrests in the totals.

Please note:

Niche was implemented in May 2015, therefore, data prior to this date is not held.
If a month is not included in the below data, this means that it was a nil return for that month.

How many people has your force arrested on suspicion of arson in 2024 (up until the 31st September), and every year since 2014. Please can yearly figures be broken down by month.

Year/Month	Arson (recordable)	Arson with intent / reckless as to whether life was endangered (recordable)	Arson with intent to endanger life (recordable)	Arson with recklessness as to whether life was endangered (recordable)	Grand Total
2015	6	6	0	0	12
March	4	0	0	0	4
June	0	1	0	0	1
August	1	2	0	0	3
September	1	3	0	0	4
2016	11	8	0	0	19
January	1	0	0	0	1
February	2	0	0	0	2
March	2	2	0	0	4
April	0	1	0	0	1
May	0	1	0	0	1
June	1	0	0	0	1
July	1	2	0	0	3
August	0	1	0	0	1
September	2	0	0	0	2
October	1	0	0	0	1
December	1	1	0	0	2
2017	13	11	0	0	24
January	3	4	0	0	7
February	0	1	0	0	1
March	1	1	0	0	2
April	4	0	0	0	4
May	0	1	0	0	1
August	3	2	0	0	5
September	0	1	0	0	1
October	1	0	0	0	1
November	1	1	0	0	2
2018	21	15	0	0	36
January	3	3	0	0	6
February	3	1	0	0	4
April	4	2	0	0	6
May	1	2	0	0	3
June	0	1	0	0	1
July	2	1	0	0	3
September	3	0	0	0	3
October	2	2	0	0	4
November	3	2	0	0	5
December	0	1	0	0	1
2019	17	12	2	1	32
January	0	1	0	0	1
March	1	2	0	0	3
April	6	0	0	0	6
May	0	4	0	0	4
June	4	2	0	0	6
July	2	3	1	0	6
August	0	0	0	1	1
September	0	0	1	0	1
October	1	0	0	0	1
November	2	0	0	0	2
December	1	0	0	0	1
2020	14	0	6	1	21
February	1	0	0	0	1
March	1	0	2	0	3
May	3	0	1	1	5
June	2	0	3	0	5
July	3	0	0	0	3
August	1	0	0	0	1
October	1	0	0	0	1
November	1	0	0	0	1
December	1	0	0	0	1
2021	24	0	8	1	33
January	3	0	1	0	4
February	4	0	0	0	4
March	4	0	2	0	6
May	2	0	0	0	2
June	3	0	0	0	3
July	3	0	1	0	4
September	0	0	1	1	2
October	3	0	1	0	4
November	1	0	0	0	1
December	1	0	2	0	3
2022	19	0	21	0	40
January	6	0	4	0	10
February	0	0	1	0	1
March	1	0	0	0	1
April	1	0	0	0	1
May	1	0	4	0	5
June	6	0	2	0	8
July	2	0	4	0	6
September	1	0	1	0	2
October	1	0	1	0	2
November	0	0	1	0	1
December	0	0	3	0	3
2023	20	0	25	0	45
January	3	0	2	0	5
March	0	0	4	0	4
April	1	0	0	0	1
May	4	0	2	0	6
June	1	0	0	0	1
July	2	0	0	0	2
August	1	0	3	0	4
September	3	0	1	0	4
October	2	0	0	0	2
November	2	0	11	0	13
December	1	0	2	0	3
2024	12	0	14	0	26
January	1	0	5	0	6
February	3	0	1	0	4
March	1	0	1	0	2
April	0	0	1	0	1
May	3	0	0	0	3
June	1	0	1	0	2
July	0	0	1	0	1
August	2	0	2	0	4
September	1	0	2	0	3
Grand Total	157	52	76	3	288

How many people have been charged with simple arson following an arrest by your force in 2024 (up until the 31st September), and every year since 2014. Please can yearly figures be broken down by month and ages of the persons charged.

TOTALS		AGE BREAKDOWN
Year/Month	Arson (recordable)	12	16	17	19	20	21	23	24	25	28	31	32	33	37	42	45	48	49	51	52	55	56	68
2015	1										1
September	1										1
2016	6		1		1		1			1	1								1
February	2		1							1
March	1				1
June	1																		1
July	1										1
December	1						1
2017	3					1	2
January	3					1	2
2018	9						1			3	1			1		1	1						1
January	1													1
February	1															1
April	3									3
September	1										1
October	1																						1
November	2						1										1
2019	3																	2		1
July	1																	1
October	1																			1
November	1																	1
2020	2								1						1
March	1														1
July	1								1
2021	5	1		1				2																1
February	1	1
June	2							2
October	1																							1
December	1			1
2022	3			1																	1	1
June	1																					1
July	1			1
September	1																				1
2023	4				1			1				2
April	1											1
July	2							1				1
December	1				1
2024	3											1	1	1
February	1											1
March	1												1
May	1													1
Grand Total	39	1	1	2	2	1	4	3	1	4	3	3	1	2	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	1

How many people have been charged with arson with intent to endanger life following an arrest by your force in 2024 (up until the 31st September), and every year since 2014. Please can yearly figures be broken down by month and ages of the persons charged.

AGE BREAKDOWN
Year/Month	Arson with intent / reckless as to whether life was endangered (recordable)	Arson with intent to endanger life (recordable)	16	17	18	20	21	25	26	27	28	30	31	32	33	34	35	40	41	42	44	46	50	51	54	55	56	58	60	65	66
2015	2	0			1														1
August	1	0																	1
September	1	0			1
2016	3	0				1								1														1
March	1	0												1
May	1	0				1
December	1	0																										1
2017	3	0					1											1				1
January	1	0					1
May	1	0																				1
November	1	0																1
2018	8	0		1				1																1	2	1	1				1
January	1	0																								1
April	1	0						1
May	2	0																						1	1
June	1	0																							1
October	2	0																									1				1
November	1	0		1
2019	5	0		1						1	1	1					1
May	3	0								1	1	1
July	2	0		1													1
2020	0	2							1											1
June	0	2							1											1
2021	0	2										1							1
January	0	1										1
July	0	1																	1
2022	0	7														1		1	1	1	1		1							1
January	0	1																					1
May	0	2																1	1
September	0	1														1
December	0	3																		1	1									1
2023	0	5	1							2													1	1
January	0	1								1
August	0	1								1
November	0	2	1																					1
December	0	1																					1
2024	0	5			1								1		1										1				1
January	0	1													1
March	0	1																							1
July	0	1																											1
September	0	2			1								1
Grand Total	21	21	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	3	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	2	3	2	1	1	2	2	3	1	1	1	1	1	1

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