Crap Towns / Tonypandy / Deliberate fires
How many fires get started on purpose in Tonypandy?
There were 21.2 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Tonypandy from April 2023 to March 2025, 3.7 times the typical town's 5.7. In 2024/25 it was 21.5, up from 20.8 in 2023/24.
| Period | Here | Typical town |
|---|---|---|
| 2023/24 | 20.8 | 5.2 |
| 2024/25 | 21.5 | 5.4 |
| 2025/26 | – | 6.4 |
| Town | Distance | Fires per 10,000 people a year |
|---|---|---|
| Abercynon | 9.2 km | 21.2 |
| Aberdare | 9.8 km | 21.2 |
| Llanharan and Brynna | 9.6 km | 21.2 |
| Mountain Ash | 8.4 km | 21.2 |
| Pontypridd | 8.6 km | 21.2 |
| Porth | 3.5 km | 21.2 |
| Rhondda | 2.7 km | 21.2 |
| Tonypandy | – | 21.2 |
| Tonyrefail | 5.0 km | 21.2 |
| Treherbert | 9.3 km | 21.2 |
| Treorchy | 5.7 km | 21.2 |
| The typical town | – | 5.7 |