Crap Towns / Shefford / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Shefford?

There were 3.5 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Shefford from April 2023 to March 2026, 39% lower than the typical town's 5.7. The most common were other outdoor fires, at 1.7. In 2025/26 it was 0.0, down from 3.9 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	3.9	5.2
2024/25	6.6	5.4
2025/26	0.0	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Other outdoor fires	1.7	1.5
Bins and rubbish set on fire	0.9	1.9
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	0.9	1.7

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Wixams	11.2 km	15.4
Baldock	11.4 km	11.0
Letchworth	9.8 km	6.5
Sandy	11.4 km	5.8
Arlesey	5.1 km	5.0
Biggleswade	7.5 km	4.0
Shefford	–	3.5
Flitwick	11.9 km	3.4
Ampthill	11.5 km	2.9
Hitchin	10.3 km	2.7
Stotfold	7.1 km	0.8
The typical town	–	5.7