Crap Towns / Flackwell Heath and Wooburn Green / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Flackwell Heath and Wooburn Green?

There were 5.9 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Flackwell Heath and Wooburn Green from April 2023 to March 2026, about the same as the typical town's 5.7. The most common were grass, woods and crops set on fire, at 2.0. In 2025/26 it was 8.5, up from 3.5 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	3.5	5.2
2024/25	5.6	5.4
2025/26	8.5	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	2.0	1.7
Other outdoor fires	1.9	1.5
Bins and rubbish set on fire	1.9	1.9

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Gerrards Cross	10.5 km	15.8
High Wycombe	4.0 km	10.7
Chalfont St Peter	10.0 km	9.1
Flackwell Heath and Wooburn Green	–	5.9
Beaconsfield	3.8 km	5.3
Bourne End	2.7 km	4.2
Hazlemere	5.4 km	3.7
Marlow	5.8 km	3.4
Farnham Common and Farnham Royal	8.5 km	2.7
Maidenhead	9.6 km	2.1
Cookham	5.3 km	1.7
The typical town	–	5.7