Crap Towns / Hillingdon / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Hillingdon?

There were 2.0 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Hillingdon from April 2023 to March 2026, 65% lower than the typical town's 5.7. The most common were other outdoor fires, at 0.7. In 2025/26 it was 1.6, down from 2.1 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	2.1	5.2
2024/25	2.5	5.4
2025/26	1.6	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Other outdoor fires	0.7	1.5
Bins and rubbish set on fire	0.7	1.9
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	0.6	1.7

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Gerrards Cross	8.9 km	15.8
Chalfont St Peter	10.5 km	9.1
Iver Heath	5.6 km	8.5
Stanwell	10.1 km	4.1
Rickmansworth	11.0 km	2.3
Hillingdon	–	2.0
Slough	10.4 km	1.7
Hounslow	9.8 km	1.5
Ealing	8.2 km	1.3
Moor Park	9.5 km	1.1
Harrow	9.6 km	0.9
The typical town	–	5.7