Crap Towns / Stratton St Margaret / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Stratton St Margaret?

There were 1.9 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Stratton St Margaret from April 2023 to March 2026, 67% lower than the typical town's 5.7. The most common were grass, woods and crops set on fire, at 0.9. In 2025/26 it was 1.9, up from 1.4 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	1.4	5.2
2024/25	2.4	5.4
2025/26	1.9	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	0.9	1.7
Bins and rubbish set on fire	0.6	1.9
Other outdoor fires	0.3	1.5

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Faringdon	13.4 km	8.6
Wroughton	7.4 km	7.7
Shrivenham and Watchfield	7.4 km	6.1
Swindon	4.0 km	3.3
Carterton	22.1 km	3.0
Marlborough	18.3 km	3.0
Royal Wootton Bassett	11.6 km	2.6
Cirencester	20.7 km	2.2
Broad Blunsdon	4.1 km	2.0
Stratton St Margaret	–	1.9
Highworth	5.6 km	1.6
The typical town	–	5.7