Crap Towns / Cross Hands and Pen-y-groes / Deliberate fires
How many fires get started on purpose in Cross Hands and Pen-y-groes?
There were 13.1 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Cross Hands and Pen-y-groes from April 2023 to March 2025, 2.3 times the typical town's 5.7. In 2024/25 it was 15.0, up from 11.2 in 2023/24.
| Period | Here | Typical town |
|---|---|---|
| 2023/24 | 11.2 | 5.2 |
| 2024/25 | 15.0 | 5.4 |
| 2025/26 | – | 6.4 |
| Town | Distance | Fires per 10,000 people a year |
|---|---|---|
| Ammanford | 6.2 km | 13.1 |
| Carmarthen | 17.5 km | 13.1 |
| Clydach | 16.8 km | 13.1 |
| Cross Hands and Pen-y-groes | – | 13.1 |
| Gorseinon | 15.0 km | 13.1 |
| Gowerton | 17.8 km | 13.1 |
| Llanelli | 13.8 km | 13.1 |
| Pontardawe | 17.4 km | 13.1 |
| Pontarddulais | 9.9 km | 13.1 |
| Swansea | 20.0 km | 13.1 |
| Ystalyfera | 20.0 km | 13.1 |
| The typical town | – | 5.7 |