Crap Towns / Blaby and Whetstone / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Blaby and Whetstone?

There were 4.6 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Blaby and Whetstone from April 2023 to March 2026, 19% lower than the typical town's 5.7. The most common were other outdoor fires, at 2.0. In 2025/26 it was 4.5, the same as in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	4.5	5.2
2024/25	4.7	5.4
2025/26	4.5	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Other outdoor fires	2.0	1.5
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	1.5	1.7
Bins and rubbish set on fire	1.1	1.9

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Leicester	7.3 km	8.5
Enderby and Narborough	3.0 km	7.3
Leicester Forest East and Kirby Muxloe	7.0 km	5.5
Blaby and Whetstone	–	4.6
Barwell	11.6 km	3.3
Earl Shilton	10.0 km	3.1
Broughton Astley	5.5 km	3.1
Wigston	4.2 km	2.7
Countesthorpe	2.1 km	1.2
Groby	10.9 km	0.9
Oadby	7.3 km	0.8
The typical town	–	5.7