Arson offences 111/2025

FOI Reference: 111/2025

Request

The number of arson offences reported to the service in the past three calendar years (2022, 2023, 2024). Please note that I require data related to arson (damage or destruction of property with fire) only, and not criminal damage generally.

Please break the results down by the following:

1. Month and year of the report (e.g. January 2022, February 2022, etc.)
2. Location (As specific as is reasonably possible)
3. If the investigation led to an arrest (yes/no/ongoing)
4. If a suspect was formally charged with the crime (yes/no/ongoing)
5. If the crime caused injuries to a victim or victims (yes/no)
6. The age and gender (if known) of the offender
7. How many suspects were repeat offenders? By ‘repeat offender’, I refer to having been arrested or suspected of arson within the last five years.

Clarification sought

1. When you state “reported” are you referring to 101/999 calls received?       
2. Are you referring to incidents or crimes? Please note an incident is different from a crime.  An incident is a record of contact made to a police force by an individual/member of public (usually via a 999 or 101 call) and a crime is where the threshold has been met for the police force to deem that a criminal offence has occurred as defined by law.
3. Do you require information relating to those charged to Court or found guilty at Court?

Clarification received

Only those charged to Court.

Response Q1

I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold the information requested, as outlined below.

Response Q2

I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold the information requested, as outlined below.

Response Q3

I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold the information requested, as outlined below.

Response Q4

I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold the information requested, as outlined below.

Response Q5

I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does not hold the information requested, as outlined below.

No Information held

Response Q6

I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold the information requested, as outlined below.

Response Q7

I can confirm that Dyfed-Powys Police does hold the information requested, as outlined below.

Zero (0) repeats

It should be noted that as a result of the systems adopted by Dyfed-Powys Police in relation to the recording of such information that the information released may or may not be accurate.

(This is a response under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and disclosed on 24/02/2025)