Crap Towns / Great Shelford and Stapleford / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Great Shelford and Stapleford?

There were 1.6 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Great Shelford and Stapleford from April 2023 to March 2026, 72% lower than the typical town's 5.7. The most common were bins and rubbish set on fire, at 1.6. In 2025/26 it was 1.6, the same as in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	1.6	5.2
2024/25	1.6	5.4
2025/26	1.6	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Bins and rubbish set on fire	1.6	1.9
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	0.0	1.7
Other outdoor fires	0.0	1.5

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Cottenham	15.0 km	6.6
Histon and Impington	11.3 km	5.2
Royston	15.6 km	4.8
Burwell	19.1 km	3.4
Longstanton and Northstowe	15.3 km	3.0
Cambourne	16.1 km	2.7
Saffron Walden	16.3 km	2.6
Cambridge	6.0 km	2.3
Great Shelford and Stapleford	–	1.6
Waterbeach	14.0 km	1.5
Sawston	3.7 km	0.5
The typical town	–	5.7