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Arson

Asked by Lee AndersonReform UKHome OfficeTabled Answered 17 July 2025UIN 66273

The question

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.

Answered by Dame Diana Johnson

The 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.

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