East of England criminal damage and arson crime statistics

Annual crime rate in East of England region is 7.3 crimes per 1000 people. Compared to the national crime rate, East of England's rate is at 95% as of January 2025.Criminal damage and arson crime makes up 8.0% of all crimes reported in the region. The total number of "criminal damage and arson crime" is 41.6k, and this number has decreased by 6% when compared year-over-year in the period of January 2024 - December 2024.

East of England region	crime statistic	England & Wales
7.3	annual crime rate per 1k workday people	7.7
95%	ratio of national crime rate	100%
8.0%	share of all crimes	7.5%
41.6k	crimes reported	430k
-6.0%	annual change	-5.5%

East of England criminal damage and arson crime rate comparison map

	Crime rate vs. ENG & WLS rate	Crime rate per 1000 workday people	Total number of crimes
Bedfordshire	97%	7	4460
Cambridgeshire	103%	8	6623
Essex	101%	8	12489
Hertfordshire	85%	7	6967
Norfolk	94%	7	5947
Suffolk	91%	7	5080

East of England criminal damage and arson crime rate compared to other regions

The total number of "criminal damage and arson crime" is 41.6k, and this number has decreased by 6% when compared year-over-year in the period of January 2024 - December 2024. In the graph below, region are compared by crime rate and crime rate percentage change. Crime rate percentage change compares the region crime rate between January 2024 - December 2024 to the region crime rate in the previous 12 months. The size of the circle reflects the number of total crimes reported. The bigger the circle, the higher the number of crimes reported in the region.

-6.0% annual change, crime is declining

41.6k crimes reported