Written Question·Home Office·UIN 66273
Arson
Tabled: 9 July 2025
Answered: 17 July 2025
Question
Lee Anderson
Reform UK — Ashfield
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what data her Department holds on the number of arson incidents (a) in Ashfield constituency and (b) nationwide in each of the last five years.
Answer
Dame Diana JohnsonThe Home Office collects and publishes information on the number of notifiable offences, including arson offences, recorded by the police in England and Wales, at the Police Force Area level and the Community Safety Partnership (CSP) Area level.
This information is published on a quarterly basis, and can be accessed here: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-recorded-crime-open-data-tables
The Home Office does not collect information at the Parliamentary Constituency level.