Crap Towns / Burgess Hill / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Burgess Hill?

There were 3.3 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Burgess Hill from April 2023 to March 2026, 42% lower than the typical town's 5.7. The most common were other outdoor fires, at 1.6. In 2025/26 it was 5.8, up from 2.1 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	2.1	5.2
2024/25	2.1	5.4
2025/26	5.8	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Other outdoor fires	1.6	1.5
Bins and rubbish set on fire	0.9	1.9
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	0.8	1.7

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Lewes	13.2 km	8.1
Haywards Heath	5.5 km	5.5
Uckfield	16.1 km	5.3
Brighton and Hove	13.0 km	5.2
Southwick	15.4 km	4.4
Burgess Hill	–	3.3
Hassocks and Hurstpierpoint	3.4 km	2.8
Shoreham-by-Sea	16.7 km	2.4
Henfield	10.6 km	2.4
Steyning	16.0 km	2.1
Southwater	17.7 km	1.7
The typical town	–	5.7