Crap Towns / Pool and Illogan / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Pool and Illogan?

There were 11.0 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Pool and Illogan from April 2023 to March 2026, 1.9 times the typical town's 5.7. The most common were grass, woods and crops set on fire, at 4.9. In 2025/26 it was 12.6, up from 7.7 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	7.7	5.2
2024/25	12.8	5.4
2025/26	12.6	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	4.9	1.7
Other outdoor fires	4.6	1.5
Bins and rubbish set on fire	1.6	1.9

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Penzance	23.9 km	11.4
Pool and Illogan	–	11.0
Falmouth	16.4 km	8.4
Camborne	3.5 km	6.7
Penryn	13.4 km	5.9
Redruth	2.9 km	4.9
Helston	15.4 km	4.8
Newquay	24.2 km	4.5
St Ives	16.1 km	4.4
Truro	15.4 km	3.6
Hayle	11.6 km	2.7
The typical town	–	5.7