Crap Towns / Solihull / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Solihull?

There were 2.5 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Solihull from April 2023 to March 2026, 56% lower than the typical town's 5.7. The most common were other outdoor fires, at 1.3. In 2025/26 it was 3.6, up from 2.5 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	2.5	5.2
2024/25	1.5	5.4
2025/26	3.6	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Other outdoor fires	1.3	1.5
Bins and rubbish set on fire	1.1	1.9
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	0.2	1.7

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Coleshill	14.8 km	6.3
Birmingham	8.8 km	5.9
Redditch	15.1 km	5.4
Oldbury	17.2 km	5.0
Balsall Common	10.5 km	4.7
Smethwick	14.5 km	4.2
Studley	16.6 km	2.7
Hollywood	5.5 km	2.6
Solihull	–	2.5
Catshill	17.2 km	1.6
Knowle and Dorridge	5.5 km	1.6
The typical town	–	5.7