Crap Towns / Oswestry / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Oswestry?

There were 1.5 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Oswestry from April 2023 to March 2026, 74% lower than the typical town's 5.7. The most common were other outdoor fires, at 0.8. In 2025/26 it was 1.7, up from 1.1 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	1.1	5.2
2024/25	1.7	5.4
2025/26	1.7	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Other outdoor fires	0.8	1.5
Bins and rubbish set on fire	0.6	1.9
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	0.2	1.7

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Welshpool	22.6 km	13.1
Acrefair and Cefn-mawr	13.5 km	5.4
Brynteg	24.2 km	5.4
Gwersyllt	24.0 km	5.4
Rhosllannerchrugog	16.7 km	5.4
Wrexham	22.1 km	5.4
Shrewsbury	25.6 km	4.9
Bayston Hill	27.4 km	3.2
Wem	22.0 km	2.1
Whitchurch	27.3 km	2.0
Oswestry	–	1.5
The typical town	–	5.7