Crap Towns / Little Chalfont / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Little Chalfont?

There were 5.5 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Little Chalfont from April 2023 to March 2026, about the same as the typical town's 5.7. The most common were other outdoor fires, at 2.4. In 2025/26 it was 6.3, down from 8.5 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	8.5	5.2
2024/25	1.6	5.4
2025/26	6.3	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Other outdoor fires	2.4	1.5
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	1.8	1.7
Bins and rubbish set on fire	1.3	1.9

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Gerrards Cross	9.2 km	15.8
Chalfont St Peter	6.6 km	9.1
Bovingdon	6.8 km	6.2
Chesham	6.7 km	5.8
Amersham	3.3 km	5.5
Little Chalfont	–	5.5
Beaconsfield	8.7 km	5.3
Abbots Langley and Kings Langley	9.9 km	4.2
Hazlemere	9.9 km	3.7
Chorleywood	4.0 km	2.5
Rickmansworth	7.2 km	2.3
The typical town	–	5.7