Crap Towns / Shanklin / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Shanklin?

There were 11.3 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Shanklin from April 2023 to March 2026, 2.0 times the typical town's 5.7. The most common were other outdoor fires, at 7.7. In 2025/26 it was 13.2, up from 7.7 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	7.7	5.2
2024/25	13.2	5.4
2025/26	13.2	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Other outdoor fires	7.7	1.5
Bins and rubbish set on fire	2.2	1.9
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	1.5	1.7

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Sandown	2.4 km	13.7
Shanklin	–	11.3
Gosport	19.1 km	10.4
South Hayling	23.3 km	8.9
Ryde	10.5 km	6.0
Portsmouth	22.9 km	6.0
Ventnor	4.3 km	5.4
Newport	11.4 km	4.9
Lee-on-the-Solent	21.4 km	3.8
Cowes	16.3 km	3.7
East Cowes	15.2 km	3.6
The typical town	–	5.7