Crap Towns / Trowbridge / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Trowbridge?

There were 5.5 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Trowbridge from April 2023 to March 2026, about the same as the typical town's 5.7. The most common were other outdoor fires, at 2.8. In 2025/26 it was 5.6, the same as in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	5.6	5.2
2024/25	5.3	5.4
2025/26	5.6	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Other outdoor fires	2.8	1.5
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	1.8	1.7
Bins and rubbish set on fire	1.0	1.9

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Trowbridge	–	5.5
Bath	13.2 km	5.5
Corsham	11.7 km	4.6
Frome	13.4 km	4.4
Warminster	13.6 km	3.7
Westbury	6.9 km	3.7
Devizes	15.1 km	3.1
Chippenham	15.7 km	2.9
Melksham	7.4 km	2.2
Bradford-on-Avon	4.0 km	1.1
Peasedown St John	16.1 km	1.0
The typical town	–	5.7