Crap Towns / City of London / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in City of London?

There were 1.2 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in City of London from April 2023 to March 2026, 79% lower than the typical town's 5.7. The most common were other outdoor fires, at 0.8. In 2025/26 it was 2.3, up from 1.2 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	1.2	5.2
2024/25	0.0	5.4
2025/26	2.3	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Other outdoor fires	0.8	1.5
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	0.4	1.7
Bins and rubbish set on fire	0.0	1.9

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Haringey	8.5 km	1.8
Tower Hamlets	4.0 km	1.6
Hackney	4.7 km	1.4
Camden	5.7 km	1.3
Islington	4.0 km	1.2
City of London	–	1.2
Southwark	4.6 km	1.2
Lewisham	8.9 km	1.0
Westminster	4.7 km	1.0
Lambeth	7.0 km	0.9
Kensington and Chelsea	7.1 km	0.3
The typical town	–	5.7