Crap Towns / Faringdon / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Faringdon?

There were 8.6 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Faringdon from April 2023 to March 2026, 1.5 times the typical town's 5.7. The most common were other outdoor fires, at 3.6. In 2025/26 it was 7.0, down from 14.7 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	14.7	5.2
2024/25	4.3	5.4
2025/26	7.0	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Other outdoor fires	3.6	1.5
Bins and rubbish set on fire	3.0	1.9
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	2.1	1.7

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Wantage	13.1 km	11.2
Faringdon	–	8.6
Grove	12.2 km	8.0
Wroughton	20.1 km	7.7
Witney	16.5 km	6.1
Shrivenham and Watchfield	6.6 km	6.1
Swindon	17.4 km	3.3
Carterton	11.5 km	3.0
Broad Blunsdon	14.9 km	2.0
Stratton St Margaret	13.4 km	1.9
Highworth	9.0 km	1.6
The typical town	–	5.7