Crap Towns / Stansted Mountfitchet / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Stansted Mountfitchet?

There were 2.0 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Stansted Mountfitchet from April 2023 to March 2026, 65% lower than the typical town's 5.7. The most common were other outdoor fires, at 1.0. In 2025/26 it was 5.1, up from 0.0 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	0.0	5.2
2024/25	0.9	5.4
2025/26	5.1	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Other outdoor fires	1.0	1.5
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	0.8	1.7
Bins and rubbish set on fire	0.3	1.9

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Harlow	15.7 km	9.6
Hoddesdon	21.4 km	7.4
Great Dunmow	11.1 km	5.6
Ware	18.6 km	5.4
Buntingford	16.3 km	4.5
Hertford	22.7 km	4.4
Sawbridgeworth	10.5 km	4.2
Takeley and Little Canfield	6.3 km	3.1
Bishop's Stortford	4.3 km	2.9
Saffron Walden	13.7 km	2.6
Stansted Mountfitchet	–	2.0
The typical town	–	5.7