Crap Towns / Ashford / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Ashford?

There were 1.1 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Ashford from April 2023 to March 2026, 81% lower than the typical town's 5.7. The most common were grass, woods and crops set on fire, at 0.6. In 2025/26 it was 1.0, the same as in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	1.0	5.2
2024/25	1.3	5.4
2025/26	1.0	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	0.6	1.7
Other outdoor fires	0.4	1.5
Bins and rubbish set on fire	0.2	1.9

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Shepperton	5.1 km	5.4
Stanwell	2.0 km	4.1
Walton-on-Thames	6.9 km	2.9
Staines-upon-Thames	2.8 km	2.9
Sunbury-on-Thames	4.8 km	2.7
Chertsey	6.3 km	2.6
Addlestone	7.1 km	2.2
Egham	6.7 km	1.8
Ashford	–	1.1
Weybridge	6.8 km	1.1
Ashford Common	2.3 km	0.2
The typical town	–	5.7