Crap Towns / Frampton Cotterell and Winterbourne / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Frampton Cotterell and Winterbourne?

There were 1.8 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Frampton Cotterell and Winterbourne from April 2023 to March 2026, 68% lower than the typical town's 5.7. The most common were grass, woods and crops set on fire, at 1.2. In 2025/26 it was 2.2, up from 0.8 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	0.8	5.2
2024/25	2.5	5.4
2025/26	2.2	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	1.2	1.7
Other outdoor fires	0.6	1.5
Bins and rubbish set on fire	0.1	1.9

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Chipping Sodbury	6.5 km	22.2
Yate	4.5 km	14.2
Bristol	11.2 km	12.7
Keynsham	13.1 km	9.2
Filton	6.6 km	7.9
Stoke Gifford	4.8 km	5.4
Kingswood and Fishponds	6.0 km	5.2
Patchway	6.6 km	4.7
Thornbury	9.2 km	3.1
Bradley Stoke	4.5 km	3.0
Frampton Cotterell and Winterbourne	–	1.8
The typical town	–	5.7