Crap Towns / Port Talbot / Deliberate fires
How many fires get started on purpose in Port Talbot?
There were 13.1 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Port Talbot 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Maesteg | 9.6 km | 21.2 |
| Porthcawl | 13.6 km | 21.2 |
| Pyle | 10.2 km | 21.2 |
| Sarn | 15.0 km | 21.2 |
| Baglan | 4.7 km | 13.1 |
| Clydach | 13.9 km | 13.1 |
| Gowerton | 17.2 km | 13.1 |
| Neath | 8.1 km | 13.1 |
| Pontardawe | 15.6 km | 13.1 |
| Port Talbot | – | 13.1 |
| Swansea | 11.3 km | 13.1 |
| The typical town | – | 5.7 |