Crap Towns / Corsham / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Corsham?

There were 4.6 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Corsham from April 2023 to March 2026, 19% lower than the typical town's 5.7. The most common were other outdoor fires, at 2.1. In 2025/26 it was 3.6, down from 5.1 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	5.1	5.2
2024/25	5.2	5.4
2025/26	3.6	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Other outdoor fires	2.1	1.5
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	1.7	1.7
Bins and rubbish set on fire	0.8	1.9

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Chipping Sodbury	18.3 km	22.2
Trowbridge	11.7 km	5.5
Bath	13.3 km	5.5
Corsham	–	4.6
Westbury	18.6 km	3.7
Devizes	16.8 km	3.1
Chippenham	5.6 km	2.9
Melksham	7.4 km	2.2
Malmesbury	18.4 km	1.6
Calne	13.8 km	1.6
Bradford-on-Avon	10.3 km	1.1
The typical town	–	5.7