Crap Towns / Fazeley / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Fazeley?

There were 9.3 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Fazeley from April 2023 to March 2026, 1.6 times the typical town's 5.7. The most common were bins and rubbish set on fire, at 4.4. In 2025/26 it was 1.3, down from 17.2 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	17.2	5.2
2024/25	9.3	5.4
2025/26	1.3	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Bins and rubbish set on fire	4.4	1.9
Other outdoor fires	2.6	1.5
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	2.2	1.7

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Brownhills	15.3 km	10.0
Pheasey	14.9 km	9.8
Fazeley	–	9.3
Tamworth	2.7 km	8.4
Coleshill	9.9 km	6.3
Polesworth and Dordon	6.5 km	4.6
Lichfield	10.8 km	3.6
Aldridge	14.5 km	3.2
Royal Sutton Coldfield	9.4 km	2.0
Atherstone	12.2 km	2.0
Streetly	12.6 km	1.2
The typical town	–	5.7