Crap Towns / Coseley / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Coseley?

There were 23.9 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Coseley from April 2023 to March 2026, 4.2 times the typical town's 5.7. The most common were other outdoor fires, at 12.5. In 2025/26 it was 22.7, down from 37.1 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	37.1	5.2
2024/25	11.7	5.4
2025/26	22.7	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Other outdoor fires	12.5	1.5
Bins and rubbish set on fire	9.4	1.9
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	2.0	1.7

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Coseley	–	23.9
Bilston	3.4 km	22.8
Tipton	2.7 km	20.6
Darlaston	5.6 km	17.1
Wednesbury	5.9 km	16.7
Dudley	3.5 km	16.1
Kingswinford	6.2 km	13.5
Sedgley	2.5 km	11.7
Rowley Regis	5.9 km	7.7
Wolverhampton	6.3 km	5.6
Oldbury	6.9 km	5.0
The typical town	–	5.7