Crap Towns / Ventnor / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Ventnor?

There were 5.4 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Ventnor from April 2023 to March 2026, 5% lower than the typical town's 5.7. The most common were grass, woods and crops set on fire, at 3.0. In 2025/26 it was 12.6, up from 1.8 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	1.8	5.2
2024/25	1.8	5.4
2025/26	12.6	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	3.0	1.7
Other outdoor fires	2.4	1.5
Bins and rubbish set on fire	0.0	1.9

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Sandown	6.7 km	13.7
Shanklin	4.3 km	11.3
Blackfield and Langley	26.7 km	11.0
Gosport	23.0 km	10.4
Ryde	14.5 km	6.0
Ventnor	–	5.4
Newport	13.1 km	4.9
Lee-on-the-Solent	25.0 km	3.8
Cowes	18.5 km	3.7
East Cowes	17.9 km	3.6
Freshwater and Totland	23.9 km	3.0
The typical town	–	5.7