Fires at pubs

Freedom of Information (FOI) Act request ref: 01/FOI/24/006835/B

 Version Date: 15/10/2024

The number of arson investigations involving fires at public houses (pubs) for the following periods:

July 26 2019 – July 26 2020
July 26 2020 – July 26 2021
July 26 2021 – July 26 2022
July 26 2022 – July 26 2023
July 26 2023 – July 26 2024

Please include pubs that are both closed and open or unknown.

The Performance & Analysis Department have provided the following information.

Data Processing:                                                                                                              

                                                                                                                 Crimes recorded on crime information system - NICHE                                                                                                                      

Cancelled crimes excluded, Non notifiable crimes excluded                                                                                                              

Qliksense Report: Crime and Outcomes                                                                                                            

Filtered by crimed date:                                                                                                                 

"July 26 2019 – July 26 2020

July 26 2020 – July 26 2021

July 26 2021 – July 26 2022

July 26 2022 – July 26 2023

July 26 2023 – July 26 2024"                                                                                                                    

Offence Group: Arson                                                                                                        

Qliksense Report: MO Text Search                                                                     

Sub Type: Location                                                                                                            

MO Data: Hospitality - Public House                                                                   

Data exported and matched to Crime and Outcomes to ascertain location of offence                                                                                                                  

Data Limitations:                                                                                                               

• Data is reliant on the accurate recording of the location of the offence.                                                                                    
• Devon and Cornwall migrated to a new crime management system in November 2022, as a result of the migration, data prior to November 2022 may be limited.                                                                                    

Between July 26th 2019 and July 26th 2024, there were 6 arson investigations where the location of the offence was a public house.