Crap Towns / Broad Blunsdon / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Broad Blunsdon?

There were 2.0 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Broad Blunsdon from April 2023 to March 2026, 65% lower than the typical town's 5.7. The most common were other outdoor fires, at 0.9. In 2025/26 it was 2.3, up from 0.7 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	0.7	5.2
2024/25	3.1	5.4
2025/26	2.3	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Other outdoor fires	0.9	1.5
Bins and rubbish set on fire	0.9	1.9
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	0.3	1.7

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Faringdon	14.9 km	8.6
Wroughton	9.4 km	7.7
Shrivenham and Watchfield	10.2 km	6.1
Swindon	4.6 km	3.3
Carterton	21.6 km	3.0
Marlborough	21.5 km	3.0
Royal Wootton Bassett	10.6 km	2.6
Cirencester	16.6 km	2.2
Broad Blunsdon	–	2.0
Stratton St Margaret	4.1 km	1.9
Highworth	5.9 km	1.6
The typical town	–	5.7