Crap Towns / Henfield / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Henfield?

There were 2.4 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Henfield from April 2023 to March 2026, 58% lower than the typical town's 5.7. The most common were grass, woods and crops set on fire, at 1.8. In 2025/26 it was 1.8, the same as in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	1.8	5.2
2024/25	3.6	5.4
2025/26	1.8	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	1.8	1.7
Other outdoor fires	0.6	1.5
Bins and rubbish set on fire	0.0	1.9

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Haywards Heath	14.9 km	5.5
Storrington	10.6 km	5.0
Southwick	11.1 km	4.4
Lancing and Sompting	11.6 km	3.7
Burgess Hill	10.6 km	3.3
Worthing	14.4 km	3.1
Hassocks and Hurstpierpoint	7.8 km	2.8
Shoreham-by-Sea	10.7 km	2.4
Henfield	–	2.4
Steyning	6.2 km	2.1
Southwater	12.6 km	1.7
The typical town	–	5.7