Crap Towns / High Wycombe / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in High Wycombe?

There were 10.7 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in High Wycombe from April 2023 to March 2026, 1.9 times the typical town's 5.7. The most common were bins and rubbish set on fire, at 4.9. In 2025/26 it was 11.0, up from 9.8 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	9.8	5.2
2024/25	11.3	5.4
2025/26	11.0	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Bins and rubbish set on fire	4.9	1.9
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	3.6	1.7
Other outdoor fires	2.2	1.5

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
High Wycombe	–	10.7
Flackwell Heath and Wooburn Green	4.0 km	5.9
Amersham	10.9 km	5.5
Beaconsfield	6.9 km	5.3
Prestwood and Great Missenden	7.4 km	4.7
Bourne End	6.2 km	4.2
Hazlemere	3.7 km	3.7
Marlow	6.6 km	3.4
Princes Risborough	12.2 km	3.4
Maidenhead	12.4 km	2.1
Cookham	7.9 km	1.7
The typical town	–	5.7