Crap Towns / Hammersmith and Fulham / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Hammersmith and Fulham?

There were 0.7 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Hammersmith and Fulham from April 2023 to March 2026, 88% lower than the typical town's 5.7. The most common were bins and rubbish set on fire, at 0.3. In 2025/26 it was 0.7, up from 0.6 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	0.6	5.2
2024/25	0.8	5.4
2025/26	0.7	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Bins and rubbish set on fire	0.3	1.9
Other outdoor fires	0.3	1.5
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	0.2	1.7

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Brent	7.8 km	1.4
Ealing	8.2 km	1.3
Merton	9.6 km	1.3
Camden	7.2 km	1.3
Richmond upon Thames	8.6 km	1.2
City of London	9.2 km	1.2
Westminster	4.7 km	1.0
Lambeth	8.5 km	0.9
Hammersmith and Fulham	–	0.7
Wandsworth	5.4 km	0.7
Kensington and Chelsea	2.1 km	0.3
The typical town	–	5.7