Crap Towns / Sonning Common / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Sonning Common?

There were 0.6 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Sonning Common from April 2023 to March 2026, 89% lower than the typical town's 5.7. The most common were bins and rubbish set on fire, at 0.6. In 2025/26 it was 0.0, the same as in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	0.0	5.2
2024/25	1.9	5.4
2025/26	0.0	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Bins and rubbish set on fire	0.6	1.9
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	0.0	1.7
Other outdoor fires	0.0	1.5

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Caversham	4.7 km	2.4
Reading	8.7 km	2.3
Wallingford	13.9 km	2.0
Woodley	9.4 km	1.7
Twyford	9.7 km	1.7
Benson	13.7 km	1.6
Henley-on-Thames	5.4 km	1.1
Sonning Common	–	0.6
Shinfield	12.6 km	0.6
Spencers Wood and Three Mile Cross	13.7 km	0.4
Winnersh	12.0 km	0.2
The typical town	–	5.7