Crap Towns / Leicester Forest East and Kirby Muxloe / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Leicester Forest East and Kirby Muxloe?

There were 5.5 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Leicester Forest East and Kirby Muxloe from April 2023 to March 2026, about the same as the typical town's 5.7. The most common were grass, woods and crops set on fire, at 3.3. In 2025/26 it was 7.5, up from 2.8 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	2.8	5.2
2024/25	6.2	5.4
2025/26	7.5	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	3.3	1.7
Bins and rubbish set on fire	1.1	1.9
Other outdoor fires	1.1	1.5

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Leicester	5.6 km	8.5
Enderby and Narborough	4.4 km	7.3
Anstey	6.0 km	5.6
Leicester Forest East and Kirby Muxloe	–	5.5
Blaby and Whetstone	7.0 km	4.6
Barwell	10.1 km	3.3
Earl Shilton	8.7 km	3.1
Birstall	9.2 km	2.8
Wigston	8.4 km	2.7
Countesthorpe	9.1 km	1.2
Groby	4.1 km	0.9
The typical town	–	5.7