Crap Towns / Ashford Common / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Ashford Common?

There were 0.2 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Ashford Common from April 2023 to March 2026, 96% lower than the typical town's 5.7. The most common were bins and rubbish set on fire, at 0.2. In 2025/26 it was 0.6, up from 0.0 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	0.0	5.2
2024/25	0.0	5.4
2025/26	0.6	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Bins and rubbish set on fire	0.2	1.9
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	0.0	1.7
Other outdoor fires	0.0	1.5

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Shepperton	3.3 km	5.4
Stanwell	4.1 km	4.1
Walton-on-Thames	4.7 km	2.9
Staines-upon-Thames	4.3 km	2.9
Sunbury-on-Thames	2.5 km	2.7
Chertsey	6.4 km	2.6
Hersham	6.7 km	2.5
Addlestone	6.3 km	2.2
Ashford	2.3 km	1.1
Weybridge	5.2 km	1.1
Ashford Common	–	0.2
The typical town	–	5.7