Crap Towns / Waltham Cross / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Waltham Cross?

There were 13.8 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Waltham Cross from April 2023 to March 2026, 2.4 times the typical town's 5.7. The most common were grass, woods and crops set on fire, at 6.4. In 2025/26 it was 27.1, up from 5.0 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	5.0	5.2
2024/25	9.2	5.4
2025/26	27.1	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	6.4	1.7
Other outdoor fires	4.7	1.5
Bins and rubbish set on fire	2.7	1.9

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Waltham Cross	–	13.8
Hoddesdon	7.8 km	7.4
Potters Bar	10.8 km	4.5
Cheshunt	2.4 km	4.4
Chigwell	10.9 km	3.0
Waltham Abbey	2.4 km	3.0
Loughton	8.1 km	1.8
Enfield	5.9 km	1.4
Epping	9.4 km	1.2
Buckhurst Hill	8.2 km	0.9
Waltham Forest	10.6 km	0.7
The typical town	–	5.7