Crap Towns / Redbourn / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Redbourn?

There were 5.8 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Redbourn from April 2023 to March 2026, about the same as the typical town's 5.7. The most common were grass, woods and crops set on fire, at 2.6. In 2025/26 it was 7.8, up from 6.9 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	6.9	5.2
2024/25	2.8	5.4
2025/26	7.8	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	2.6	1.7
Other outdoor fires	2.0	1.5
Bins and rubbish set on fire	1.2	1.9

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Bovingdon	12.7 km	6.2
Hemel Hempstead	7.0 km	5.9
Redbourn	–	5.8
St Albans	7.5 km	5.7
Luton	10.7 km	5.3
Berkhamsted	12.6 km	4.9
London Colney	11.7 km	4.3
Abbots Langley and Kings Langley	10.6 km	4.2
Hatfield	12.2 km	3.6
Chiswell Green	9.2 km	2.7
Harpenden	3.9 km	2.3
The typical town	–	5.7