Crap Towns / Horsham / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Horsham?

There were 1.8 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Horsham from April 2023 to March 2026, 68% lower than the typical town's 5.7. The most common were other outdoor fires, at 1.0. In 2025/26 it was 1.8, down from 2.8 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	2.8	5.2
2024/25	0.8	5.4
2025/26	1.8	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Other outdoor fires	1.0	1.5
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	0.7	1.7
Bins and rubbish set on fire	0.1	1.9

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Haywards Heath	17.4 km	5.5
Billingshurst	11.0 km	3.1
Crawley	11.1 km	2.8
Henfield	15.5 km	2.4
Horsham	–	1.8
Dorking	18.0 km	1.7
Southwater	4.5 km	1.7
Horley	16.2 km	1.6
Crawley Down	17.9 km	1.5
Broadbridge Heath	3.2 km	1.1
Cranleigh	14.2 km	0.0
The typical town	–	5.7