Crap Towns / Cinderford / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Cinderford?

There were 15.2 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Cinderford from April 2023 to March 2026, 2.7 times the typical town's 5.7. The most common were grass, woods and crops set on fire, at 7.2. In 2025/26 it was 14.8, down from 20.5 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	20.5	5.2
2024/25	10.3	5.4
2025/26	14.8	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	7.2	1.7
Other outdoor fires	6.1	1.5
Bins and rubbish set on fire	1.9	1.9

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Monmouth	15.0 km	21.2
Cinderford	–	15.2
Coleford	8.7 km	8.6
Gloucester	19.3 km	5.5
Quedgeley and Hardwicke	15.1 km	4.1
Ross-on-Wye	11.4 km	3.9
Dursley	19.5 km	3.4
Cam	16.7 km	2.7
Lydney	11.5 km	2.1
Newent	13.4 km	1.8
Stonehouse	16.4 km	1.7
The typical town	–	5.7