Crap Towns / Grove / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Grove?

There were 8.0 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Grove from April 2023 to March 2026, 40% higher than the typical town's 5.7. The most common were other outdoor fires, at 3.5. In 2025/26 it was 8.5, down from 11.8 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	11.8	5.2
2024/25	3.8	5.4
2025/26	8.5	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Other outdoor fires	3.5	1.5
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	3.4	1.7
Bins and rubbish set on fire	1.2	1.9

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Wantage	1.8 km	11.2
Faringdon	12.2 km	8.6
Grove	–	8.0
Shrivenham and Watchfield	15.0 km	6.1
Oxford	20.3 km	5.0
Didcot	12.3 km	3.8
Eynsham	19.8 km	3.6
Carterton	20.0 km	3.0
Abingdon-on-Thames	13.0 km	2.4
Wallingford	20.3 km	2.0
Highworth	19.9 km	1.6
The typical town	–	5.7