Crap Towns / Twyford / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Twyford?

There were 1.7 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Twyford from April 2023 to March 2026, 70% lower than the typical town's 5.7. The most common were other outdoor fires, at 0.8. In 2025/26 it was 2.5, the same as in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	2.5	5.2
2024/25	0.0	5.4
2025/26	2.5	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Other outdoor fires	0.8	1.5
Bins and rubbish set on fire	0.4	1.9
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	0.4	1.7

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Bracknell	10.6 km	3.0
Caversham	7.5 km	2.4
Reading	8.3 km	2.3
Maidenhead	10.1 km	2.1
Woodley	4.3 km	1.7
Twyford	–	1.7
Henley-on-Thames	6.9 km	1.1
Sonning Common	9.7 km	0.6
Shinfield	10.0 km	0.6
Wokingham	9.4 km	0.6
Winnersh	5.2 km	0.2
The typical town	–	5.7