Crap Towns / Gerrards Cross / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Gerrards Cross?

There were 15.8 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Gerrards Cross from April 2023 to March 2026, 2.8 times the typical town's 5.7. The most common were other outdoor fires, at 6.3. In 2025/26 it was 41.2, up from 2.1 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	2.1	5.2
2024/25	4.2	5.4
2025/26	41.2	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Other outdoor fires	6.3	1.5
Bins and rubbish set on fire	5.2	1.9
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	4.3	1.7

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Gerrards Cross	–	15.8
Chalfont St Peter	2.6 km	9.1
Iver Heath	6.0 km	8.5
Little Chalfont	9.2 km	5.5
Beaconsfield	7.1 km	5.3
Farnham Common and Farnham Royal	5.6 km	2.7
Chorleywood	8.4 km	2.5
Rickmansworth	9.0 km	2.3
Hillingdon	8.9 km	2.0
Slough	7.5 km	1.7
Moor Park	10.0 km	1.1
The typical town	–	5.7