Crap Towns / Patchway / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Patchway?

There were 4.7 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Patchway from April 2023 to March 2026, 18% lower than the typical town's 5.7. The most common were other outdoor fires, at 1.9. In 2025/26 it was 3.6, down from 6.4 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	6.4	5.2
2024/25	4.1	5.4
2025/26	3.6	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Other outdoor fires	1.9	1.5
Bins and rubbish set on fire	1.9	1.9
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	0.9	1.7

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Chipping Sodbury	13.0 km	22.2
Yate	10.8 km	14.2
Bristol	8.9 km	12.7
Filton	2.0 km	7.9
Stoke Gifford	3.6 km	5.4
Kingswood and Fishponds	8.2 km	5.2
Patchway	–	4.7
Thornbury	9.6 km	3.1
Bradley Stoke	2.1 km	3.0
Long Ashton	12.7 km	2.4
Frampton Cotterell and Winterbourne	6.6 km	1.8
The typical town	–	5.7