Crap Towns / Coventry / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Coventry?

There were 9.5 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Coventry from April 2023 to March 2026, 1.7 times the typical town's 5.7. The most common were bins and rubbish set on fire, at 5.7. In 2025/26 it was 8.9, down from 9.2 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	9.2	5.2
2024/25	10.3	5.4
2025/26	8.9	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Bins and rubbish set on fire	5.7	1.9
Other outdoor fires	3.0	1.5
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	0.8	1.7

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Coventry	–	9.5
Bedworth	7.3 km	7.5
Nuneaton	13.4 km	6.8
Bulkington	9.7 km	6.5
Balsall Common	9.8 km	4.7
Cawston	15.2 km	4.1
Warwick	15.3 km	3.2
Royal Leamington Spa	13.0 km	2.4
Kenilworth	8.2 km	1.6
Knowle and Dorridge	16.3 km	1.6
Whitnash	16.2 km	0.7
The typical town	–	5.7