Arson on farms

Freedom of Information (FOI) Act request ref: 01/FOI/25/008446/Z

Version Date: 10/07/2025

The Performance & Analysis Department have provided the following information.

Data Source:

Crime data from Niche

Crime data from Unifi

Data Processing

Qliksense "Crime & Outcomes" report, filtered on:

Offence Group "Arson"

Month Crimed 01/04/2020 - 31/12/2024

Include No-Crimes "Yes"

Chart Builder populated and data exported.

Qlikview Crime Lists Specific Years Report

Entered Date: 01/01/2019 - 31/03/2020

Offence Group "Arson"

Include No-Crimes "Yes"

Chart Builder populated and data exported.

Data Processing/Limitations/Data: 

Data is provided where the crime is recorded as "Arson", according to the Home Office Counting Rules.

Data may contain duplicates: although these have been reviewed, human error is possible.

Venue and MO-level data has been reviewed to determine whether an incident occurred on a farm.

I would like to know the annual number of incidents of arson in farms and agricultural buildings in the region since 2019.
I would also like to know how many cases of arson in properties that are not agricultural there were during that same time frame so I can see if there are trends specific to agricultural arson.

*Partial year to 26/06/2025