Crap Towns / Great Dunmow / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Great Dunmow?

There were 5.6 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Great Dunmow from April 2023 to March 2026, about the same as the typical town's 5.7. The most common were other outdoor fires, at 2.9. In 2025/26 it was 5.8, down from 6.6 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	6.6	5.2
2024/25	4.5	5.4
2025/26	5.8	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Other outdoor fires	2.9	1.5
Bins and rubbish set on fire	1.5	1.9
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	1.3	1.7

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Harlow	20.3 km	9.6
Great Dunmow	–	5.6
Witham	20.8 km	4.4
Sawbridgeworth	16.0 km	4.2
Braintree	13.8 km	3.4
Takeley and Little Canfield	5.6 km	3.1
Bishop's Stortford	13.3 km	2.9
Saffron Walden	17.8 km	2.6
Stansted Mountfitchet	11.1 km	2.0
Chelmsford	17.4 km	1.6
Great Notley	11.9 km	0.7
The typical town	–	5.7