Crap Towns / Great Wakering / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Great Wakering?

There were 2.6 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Great Wakering from April 2023 to March 2026, 54% lower than the typical town's 5.7. The most common were other outdoor fires, at 1.3. In 2025/26 it was 4.4, up from 0.0 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	0.0	5.2
2024/25	3.2	5.4
2025/26	4.4	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Other outdoor fires	1.3	1.5
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	1.2	1.7
Bins and rubbish set on fire	0.0	1.9

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Sheerness	13.5 km	16.1
Minster	14.8 km	8.4
Rochford	7.7 km	6.0
Thundersley and South Benfleet	15.8 km	4.3
Hockley and Hawkwell	11.5 km	3.5
Rayleigh	14.7 km	3.1
Southend-on-Sea	7.2 km	3.1
Great Wakering	–	2.6
Burnham-on-Crouch	8.9 km	1.3
Ashingdon	9.9 km	0.8
Hullbridge	14.8 km	0.5
The typical town	–	5.7