Crap Towns / Tring / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Tring?

There were 7.0 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Tring from April 2023 to March 2026, 23% higher than the typical town's 5.7. The most common were other outdoor fires, at 3.4. In 2025/26 it was 11.3, up from 2.2 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	2.2	5.2
2024/25	7.5	5.4
2025/26	11.3	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Other outdoor fires	3.4	1.5
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	2.8	1.7
Bins and rubbish set on fire	0.8	1.9

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Leighton Buzzard	13.6 km	10.2
Wendover	6.4 km	7.1
Tring	–	7.0
Aylesbury	10.1 km	6.7
Bovingdon	12.0 km	6.2
Dunstable	13.1 km	6.2
Chesham	9.8 km	5.8
Amersham	14.0 km	5.5
Aston Clinton	4.7 km	5.2
Berkhamsted	7.3 km	4.9
Prestwood and Great Missenden	12.5 km	4.7
The typical town	–	5.7