Crap Towns / Penzance / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Penzance?

There were 11.4 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Penzance from April 2023 to March 2026, 2.0 times the typical town's 5.7. The most common were grass, woods and crops set on fire, at 4.8. In 2025/26 it was 15.8, up from 10.3 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	10.3	5.2
2024/25	8.1	5.4
2025/26	15.8	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	4.8	1.7
Other outdoor fires	4.7	1.5
Bins and rubbish set on fire	2.0	1.9

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Penzance	–	11.4
Pool and Illogan	23.9 km	11.0
Falmouth	33.2 km	8.4
Camborne	20.6 km	6.7
Penryn	31.3 km	5.9
Redruth	26.1 km	4.9
Helston	19.7 km	4.8
Newquay	47.5 km	4.5
St Ives	10.7 km	4.4
Truro	38.6 km	3.6
Hayle	12.4 km	2.7
The typical town	–	5.7