Crap Towns / Blackfield and Langley / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Blackfield and Langley?

There were 11.0 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Blackfield and Langley from April 2023 to March 2026, 1.9 times the typical town's 5.7. The most common were grass, woods and crops set on fire, at 7.1. In 2025/26 it was 10.3, down from 11.4 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	11.4	5.2
2024/25	11.4	5.4
2025/26	10.3	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	7.1	1.7
Other outdoor fires	2.2	1.5
Bins and rubbish set on fire	1.7	1.9

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Blackfield and Langley	–	11.0
Bursledon	9.1 km	9.9
Whiteley	11.2 km	9.0
Locks Heath	8.6 km	6.0
Holbury	2.2 km	6.0
Netley	7.1 km	4.8
Hythe and Dibden Purlieu	5.8 km	4.5
Lee-on-the-Solent	11.1 km	3.8
Cowes	8.2 km	3.7
East Cowes	9.5 km	3.6
Marchwood	10.0 km	2.9
The typical town	–	5.7