Crap Towns / Deal / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Deal?

There were 2.1 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Deal from April 2023 to March 2026, 63% lower than the typical town's 5.7. The most common were other outdoor fires, at 0.9. In 2025/26 it was 3.3, up from 2.1 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	2.1	5.2
2024/25	1.0	5.4
2025/26	3.3	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Other outdoor fires	0.9	1.5
Bins and rubbish set on fire	0.9	1.9
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	0.3	1.7

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Broadstairs	16.7 km	10.4
Canterbury	22.6 km	9.7
Whitfield	9.3 km	6.4
Dover	11.4 km	5.9
Herne	23.7 km	5.7
Margate	17.8 km	5.5
Ramsgate	13.8 km	4.1
Aylesham	13.1 km	3.8
Folkestone	23.0 km	2.5
Deal	–	2.1
Hawkinge	19.5 km	2.0
The typical town	–	5.7