Crap Towns / Crawley / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Crawley?

There were 2.8 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Crawley from April 2023 to March 2026, 51% lower than the typical town's 5.7. The most common were other outdoor fires, at 1.0. In 2025/26 it was 2.2, down from 2.9 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	2.9	5.2
2024/25	3.3	5.4
2025/26	2.2	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Other outdoor fires	1.0	1.5
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	0.9	1.7
Bins and rubbish set on fire	0.9	1.9

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Haywards Heath	14.1 km	5.5
South Merstham	16.0 km	4.0
East Grinstead	11.8 km	3.8
Crawley	–	2.8
Redhill	12.7 km	2.5
Reigate	13.7 km	2.3
Horsham	11.1 km	1.8
Southwater	15.2 km	1.7
Horley	6.6 km	1.6
Crawley Down	7.2 km	1.5
Broadbridge Heath	14.0 km	1.1
The typical town	–	5.7