Crap Towns / Bearsted / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Bearsted?

There were 0.4 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Bearsted from April 2023 to March 2026, 93% lower than the typical town's 5.7. The most common were grass, woods and crops set on fire, at 0.4. In 2025/26 it was 1.2, 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	1.2	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	0.4	1.7
Bins and rubbish set on fire	0.0	1.9
Other outdoor fires	0.0	1.5

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Chatham	10.6 km	16.5
Sittingbourne	14.4 km	9.5
Gillingham	10.4 km	7.3
Snodland	11.4 km	6.8
Kings Hill	11.4 km	6.5
Larkfield	9.5 km	5.6
Maidstone	3.7 km	5.2
Rochester	14.9 km	4.4
Coxheath	5.6 km	4.3
Staplehurst	11.4 km	0.9
Bearsted	–	0.4
The typical town	–	5.7