Crap Towns / Prestwood and Great Missenden / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Prestwood and Great Missenden?

There were 4.7 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Prestwood and Great Missenden from April 2023 to March 2026, 18% lower than the typical town's 5.7. The most common were other outdoor fires, at 2.1. In 2025/26 it was 4.2, down from 5.6 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	5.6	5.2
2024/25	4.4	5.4
2025/26	4.2	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Other outdoor fires	2.1	1.5
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	1.8	1.7
Bins and rubbish set on fire	0.8	1.9

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
High Wycombe	7.4 km	10.7
Wendover	8.1 km	7.1
Flackwell Heath and Wooburn Green	10.5 km	5.9
Chesham	8.7 km	5.8
Amersham	9.1 km	5.5
Little Chalfont	12.3 km	5.5
Beaconsfield	11.4 km	5.3
Aston Clinton	12.0 km	5.2
Prestwood and Great Missenden	–	4.7
Hazlemere	5.3 km	3.7
Princes Risborough	7.7 km	3.4
The typical town	–	5.7