Crap Towns / Clevedon / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Clevedon?

There were 1.7 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Clevedon from April 2023 to March 2026, 70% lower than the typical town's 5.7. The most common were other outdoor fires, at 0.9. In 2025/26 it was 2.8, up from 0.9 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	0.9	5.2
2024/25	1.4	5.4
2025/26	2.8	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Other outdoor fires	0.9	1.5
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	0.4	1.7
Bins and rubbish set on fire	0.3	1.9

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Caldicot	19.3 km	21.2
Newport	19.6 km	21.2
Undy and Magor	16.7 km	21.2
Bristol	18.7 km	12.7
Weston-super-Mare	12.0 km	8.7
Nailsea	6.5 km	5.4
Portishead	8.3 km	4.2
Cheddar	17.9 km	3.3
Long Ashton	13.5 km	2.4
Clevedon	–	1.7
Yatton	5.1 km	0.8
The typical town	–	5.7