A new Home Office study.

A new Home Office study Safer Communities: Towards Effective Arson Control shows that arson costs so...

A new Home Office study Safer Communities: Towards Effective Arson
Control shows that arson costs society £1.3bn a year. The report found
there has been approximately 1.7m arson fires in the last 10 years, which
have resulted in 22,000 injuries and 1100 deaths. Only 16% of arson
attacks are solved, while a marginal 1% of attacks recorded by the fire
service result in conviction. Among the report's recommendations for more
effective arson control are greater use of the multi-agency approach, and
an

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