Crap Towns / Kingswood and Fishponds / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Kingswood and Fishponds?

There were 5.2 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Kingswood and Fishponds from April 2023 to March 2026, 9% lower than the typical town's 5.7. The most common were other outdoor fires, at 2.7. In 2025/26 it was 6.8, up from 4.7 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	4.7	5.2
2024/25	4.1	5.4
2025/26	6.8	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Other outdoor fires	2.7	1.5
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	1.4	1.7
Bins and rubbish set on fire	1.1	1.9

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Chipping Sodbury	10.2 km	22.2
Yate	9.3 km	14.2
Bristol	6.7 km	12.7
Keynsham	7.2 km	9.2
Filton	6.8 km	7.9
Stoke Gifford	4.6 km	5.4
Kingswood and Fishponds	–	5.2
Patchway	8.2 km	4.7
Bradley Stoke	6.9 km	3.0
Long Ashton	12.2 km	2.4
Frampton Cotterell and Winterbourne	6.0 km	1.8
The typical town	–	5.7