Crap Towns / Sedgley / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Sedgley?

There were 11.7 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Sedgley from April 2023 to March 2026, 2.1 times the typical town's 5.7. The most common were bins and rubbish set on fire, at 6.4. In 2025/26 it was 10.6, up from 10.0 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	10.0	5.2
2024/25	14.5	5.4
2025/26	10.6	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Bins and rubbish set on fire	6.4	1.9
Other outdoor fires	3.4	1.5
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	1.9	1.7

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Coseley	2.5 km	23.9
Bilston	5.5 km	22.8
Tipton	5.1 km	20.6
Brierley Hill	5.7 km	17.0
Dudley	3.5 km	16.1
Kingswinford	4.1 km	13.5
Sedgley	–	11.7
Rowley Regis	6.8 km	7.7
Wombourne	4.8 km	6.8
Cradley Heath	7.4 km	6.6
Wolverhampton	6.8 km	5.6
The typical town	–	5.7