Crap Towns / Chadwell St Mary / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Chadwell St Mary?

There were 23.9 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Chadwell St Mary from April 2023 to March 2026, 4.2 times the typical town's 5.7. The most common were bins and rubbish set on fire, at 9.8. In 2025/26 it was 33.5, up from 9.3 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	9.3	5.2
2024/25	28.8	5.4
2025/26	33.5	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Bins and rubbish set on fire	9.8	1.9
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	8.1	1.7
Other outdoor fires	6.1	1.5

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Tilbury	2.4 km	34.0
Chadwell St Mary	–	23.9
Gravesend	6.0 km	15.4
Northfleet	5.4 km	11.7
Purfleet-on-Thames	8.1 km	11.6
Grays	2.7 km	11.0
East Tilbury	3.2 km	9.7
Swanscombe	6.1 km	9.2
Chafford Hundred and West Thurrock	6.0 km	7.8
South Ockendon	6.3 km	6.1
Stanford-le-Hope	6.8 km	4.4
The typical town	–	5.7