Crap Towns / Knowle and Dorridge / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Knowle and Dorridge?

There were 1.6 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Knowle and Dorridge from April 2023 to March 2026, 72% lower than the typical town's 5.7. The most common were other outdoor fires, at 1.0. In 2025/26 it was 2.1, the same as in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	2.1	5.2
2024/25	0.5	5.4
2025/26	2.1	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Other outdoor fires	1.0	1.5
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	0.4	1.7
Bins and rubbish set on fire	0.2	1.9

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Coventry	16.3 km	9.5
Coleshill	16.8 km	6.3
Birmingham	13.9 km	5.9
Redditch	15.6 km	5.4
Balsall Common	6.5 km	4.7
Warwick	15.7 km	3.2
Studley	15.8 km	2.7
Hollywood	9.4 km	2.6
Solihull	5.5 km	2.5
Kenilworth	12.4 km	1.6
Knowle and Dorridge	–	1.6
The typical town	–	5.7