Crap Towns / Ryde / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Ryde?

There were 6.0 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Ryde from April 2023 to March 2026, 5% higher than the typical town's 5.7. The most common were grass, woods and crops set on fire, at 3.0. In 2025/26 it was 5.0, up from 4.4 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	4.4	5.2
2024/25	8.7	5.4
2025/26	5.0	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	3.0	1.7
Other outdoor fires	2.3	1.5
Bins and rubbish set on fire	0.8	1.9

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Sandown	8.1 km	13.7
Shanklin	10.5 km	11.3
Gosport	8.6 km	10.4
Fareham	14.5 km	6.1
Ryde	–	6.0
Portsmouth	12.7 km	6.0
Ventnor	14.5 km	5.4
Newport	10.0 km	4.9
Lee-on-the-Solent	11.6 km	3.8
Cowes	11.2 km	3.7
East Cowes	9.1 km	3.6
The typical town	–	5.7