Crap Towns / Banbury / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Banbury?

There were 8.8 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Banbury from April 2023 to March 2026, 1.5 times the typical town's 5.7. The most common were bins and rubbish set on fire, at 3.3. In 2025/26 it was 9.8, up from 8.0 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	8.0	5.2
2024/25	8.6	5.4
2025/26	9.8	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Bins and rubbish set on fire	3.3	1.9
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	3.1	1.7
Other outdoor fires	2.4	1.5

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Banbury	–	8.8
Daventry	25.2 km	6.7
Buckingham	25.3 km	4.9
Chipping Norton	19.9 km	3.6
Bicester	22.1 km	3.1
Southam	21.4 km	2.5
Towcester	25.2 km	2.3
Wellesbourne	23.3 km	2.2
Shipston-on-Stour	19.8 km	1.1
Brackley	13.5 km	0.8
Moreton-in-Marsh	25.4 km	0.0
The typical town	–	5.7