In 2023, 6,607 motor vehicles were set on fire in the United States. In total in that year, there were 34,209 arson offenses recorded in the United States, of which 12,463 were structure fires.

This statistic displays the registered cases of arson in Belgium from 2008 to 2022. In 2022, approximately 3,700 cases of deliberate arson were registered, an increase compared to the previous year.

In 2023, police in Germany solved 46 percent of arson and fire hazard cases. This was a slight decrease compared with the previous year.

In 2024, the police in Japan recognized 758 cases of arson offenses, a slight decrease compared to the previous year. The number of clearances for arson was 648 in 2023.

These data were gathered to test a model of the socioeconomic and demographic determinants of the crime of arson. Datasets for this analysis were developed by the principal investigator from records of the Massachusetts Fire Incident Reporting System and from population and housing data from the 1980 Census of Massachusetts. The three identically-structured data files include variables such as population size, fire incident reports, employment, income, family structure, housing type, housing quality, housing occupancy, housing availability, race, and age.

This statistic shows the number of arsons in Canada from 2000 to 2021. There were 10;119 arsons in Canada in 2021.

Arson

Arson is the intentional or negligent causing of a fire that causes damage in either wildlife or human inhabited areas. There are three main provisions in the criminal code of Canada that pertain to arson: disregard for human life (when the arsonist either knew the property was inhabited or took no steps to determine so, or caused harm to a person through the arson), damage to property (the reckless or intentional causing of damage by fire or explosion when disregard for human life cannot be proven), and arson by negligence (disregard for care of one’s own property or precautionary measures that leads to a fire or explosion).

The charge of disregard for human life carries a maximum sentence of life, damage to property carries a maximum sentence of fourteen years, and arson by negligence carries a maximum sentence of five years. There are four circumstances of arson offenses that are considered in sentencing: mental illness (pyromania), insurance fraud, revenge, and vandalism. Intentional arson and reckless behavior are given the harshest sentences.

In 2020 the national rate of arsons in Canada was 23.29, nearly half of the 2000 rate. Among the territories and provinces, Nunavut had one of the lowest total numbers of arsons in 2019, but the highest rate of arsons in Canada at 78.77 per 100,000 inhabitants for the year, over six times higher than the national rate.

A digital record of all Tesla fires - including cars and other products, e.g. Tesla MegaPacks - that are corroborated by news articles or confirmed primary sources. Latest version hosted at https://www.tesla-fire.com.

In 2020, there were 90 cases of arson cases filed in the Philippines. This reflects a slight decrease from the previous year's total. Arson refers to the criminal act of deliberately setting fire to a property.

In 2021, the gross value of the premiums written by direct writing companies for fire insurance in the Philippines amounted to approximately 43.1 billion Philippine pesos. Fire insurance is coverage or protection to an insured person's property in case of fire.

There were a total of 5,475 forest fires in Canada in 2023. As of November 2024, the total annual figure from the previous year almost gets surpassed at 5,374 fire stats in Canadian territory. Forest fires in Canada Forest fires in Canada have burned an average of 2.2 million hectares annually since 2000. Forest fires or wildfires are named so because they occur in areas such as woodlands, grasslands, and scrublands. They are not confined to remote forest areas and can cause extensive property damage and threaten the lives of people who live in transitional areas between regions of human habitation and wilderness. Since 2000, forest fires have caused an estimated 3.76 million Canadian dollars annually. A recent major forest fire which began in Fort McMurray, Alberta is likely to be the most economically damaging disaster in Canada’s history, according to insurers. The fires have also affected Alberta’s oil sands operations which have a significant impact on Canada’s GDP. What are the causes of forest fires? The Fort McMurray fire of 2016, like many forest fires, is suspected to have been caused by human activities. Fires started by humans can be intentional, as in the case of arson, or accidental, such as failing to fully extinguish a camp fire or cigarette. The most common natural cause of forest fires is human activity, which accounted for 2,719 fires in 2020.

Since 2016, the number of crimes per 100,000 inhabitants has been on a downward trend and was at its lowest in 2021, although this was likely due to the lockdowns caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Since then, crime rates have risen again. In 2023, the police recorded roughly 7,000 criminal offenses per 100,000 inhabitants. Youth criminal suspects Since the number of crimes is increasing, so is the number of suspects. Concerningly, the number of juvenile suspects has seen a rather significant increase and is currently at its highest rate since 2016. Suspects who are considered in the juvenile category are aged 14 to 17 years old. In Germany, children under the age of 14 cannot be prosecuted and if they commit a crime, then social services usually step in to try and help. In general, punishments for those convicted are much more lenient as it is often considered that due to their age, they may not have been aware of the repercussions of their actions. For example, regardless of the crime committed, no child under the age of 18 can be tried as an adult. In contrast, in England and Wales, there were around 3,600 people aged between 15 and 20 in prison. Crimes solving rate With a higher crime rate, it is also important to consider how many crimes are solved. Once a crime is solved, the hope is that the victim can get some type of closure and answers, and also that the perpetrator faces justice for the crimes they committed. In 2023, the police solved around 3.47 million crimes in Germany and for the past three years, there has been a substantial increase in the number of crimes solved. Some cases are, of course, easier to solve than others. Crimes of arson and other fire-hazard-related crimes had a comparably low clearance rate at around 46 percent. In contrast, drug-related offenses were much more frequently solved. Even though 2023 saw the lowest clearance rate in 20 years, it was still at 91 percent.