Crap Towns / Crowthorne / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Crowthorne?

There were 3.3 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Crowthorne from April 2023 to March 2026, 42% lower than the typical town's 5.7. The most common were grass, woods and crops set on fire, at 1.8. In 2025/26 it was 5.3, up from 2.2 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	2.2	5.2
2024/25	2.5	5.4
2025/26	5.3	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	1.8	1.7
Bins and rubbish set on fire	0.9	1.9
Other outdoor fires	0.6	1.5

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Yateley	5.0 km	5.5
Bagshot	7.2 km	5.1
Lightwater	8.7 km	4.1
Camberley	6.1 km	3.5
Crowthorne	–	3.3
Bracknell	4.6 km	3.0
Blackwater	4.4 km	1.9
Sandhurst	2.9 km	1.3
Frimley	7.7 km	1.3
Wokingham	4.5 km	0.6
Winnersh	9.0 km	0.2
The typical town	–	5.7