Crap Towns / Kensington and Chelsea / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Kensington and Chelsea?

There were 0.3 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Kensington and Chelsea from April 2023 to March 2026, 95% lower than the typical town's 5.7. The most common were other outdoor fires, at 0.2. In 2025/26 it was 0.4, the same as in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	0.4	5.2
2024/25	0.2	5.4
2025/26	0.4	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Other outdoor fires	0.2	1.5
Bins and rubbish set on fire	0.1	1.9
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	0.1	1.7

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Brent	8.3 km	1.4
Ealing	9.9 km	1.3
Camden	5.6 km	1.3
Islington	7.7 km	1.2
City of London	7.1 km	1.2
Southwark	8.7 km	1.2
Westminster	2.6 km	1.0
Lambeth	7.4 km	0.9
Hammersmith and Fulham	2.1 km	0.7
Wandsworth	5.5 km	0.7
Kensington and Chelsea	–	0.3
The typical town	–	5.7