Crap Towns / Buntingford / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Buntingford?

There were 4.5 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Buntingford from April 2023 to March 2026, 21% lower than the typical town's 5.7. The most common were other outdoor fires, at 3.0. In 2025/26 it was 6.9, up from 0.0 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	0.0	5.2
2024/25	6.6	5.4
2025/26	6.9	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Other outdoor fires	3.0	1.5
Bins and rubbish set on fire	1.0	1.9
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	0.5	1.7

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Baldock	12.0 km	11.0
Stevenage	12.3 km	7.6
Letchworth	14.2 km	6.5
Ware	15.2 km	5.4
Royston	11.3 km	4.8
Buntingford	–	4.5
Hertford	17.5 km	4.4
Bishop's Stortford	15.6 km	2.9
Hitchin	17.0 km	2.7
Stansted Mountfitchet	16.3 km	2.0
Stotfold	16.3 km	0.8
The typical town	–	5.7