Crap Towns / Hungerford / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Hungerford?

There were 0.3 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Hungerford from April 2023 to March 2026, 95% 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 0.8, up from 0.0 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	0.0	5.2
2024/25	0.0	5.4
2025/26	0.8	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Bins and rubbish set on fire	0.3	1.9
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	0.0	1.7
Other outdoor fires	0.0	1.5

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Wantage	20.7 km	11.2
Grove	22.4 km	8.0
Wroughton	22.7 km	7.7
Tidworth	22.4 km	7.2
Shrivenham and Watchfield	23.1 km	6.1
Andover	22.5 km	4.4
Marlborough	14.8 km	3.0
Ludgershall	18.9 km	2.7
Newbury	13.9 km	1.8
Thatcham	18.6 km	1.7
Hungerford	–	0.3
The typical town	–	5.7