Crap Towns / Llanelli / Deliberate fires
How many fires get started on purpose in Llanelli?
There were 13.1 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Llanelli from April 2023 to March 2025, 2.3 times the typical town's 5.7. In 2024/25 it was 15.0, up from 11.2 in 2023/24.
| Period | Here | Typical town |
|---|---|---|
| 2023/24 | 11.2 | 5.2 |
| 2024/25 | 15.0 | 5.4 |
| 2025/26 | – | 6.4 |
| Town | Distance | Fires per 10,000 people a year |
|---|---|---|
| Ammanford | 16.3 km | 13.1 |
| Carmarthen | 22.4 km | 13.1 |
| Clydach | 17.4 km | 13.1 |
| Cross Hands and Pen-y-groes | 13.8 km | 13.1 |
| Gorseinon | 7.2 km | 13.1 |
| Gowerton | 9.4 km | 13.1 |
| Llanelli | – | 13.1 |
| Neath | 22.9 km | 13.1 |
| Pontardawe | 20.7 km | 13.1 |
| Pontarddulais | 8.3 km | 13.1 |
| Swansea | 15.4 km | 13.1 |
| The typical town | – | 5.7 |