Crap Towns / Newtown / Deliberate fires
How many fires get started on purpose in Newtown?
There were 13.1 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Newtown 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Aberystwyth | 52.0 km | 13.1 |
| Llandrindod Wells | 29.7 km | 13.1 |
| Newtown | – | 13.1 |
| Welshpool | 20.8 km | 13.1 |
| Leominster | 50.3 km | 5.8 |
| Acrefair and Cefn-mawr | 54.8 km | 5.4 |
| Shrewsbury | 44.6 km | 4.9 |
| Bayston Hill | 41.3 km | 3.2 |
| Wem | 56.1 km | 2.1 |
| Oswestry | 42.8 km | 1.5 |
| Ludlow | 44.2 km | 1.2 |
| The typical town | – | 5.7 |