Crap Towns / Wednesbury / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Wednesbury?

There were 16.7 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Wednesbury from April 2023 to March 2026, 2.9 times the typical town's 5.7. The most common were other outdoor fires, at 8.0. In 2025/26 it was 23.9, up from 15.8 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	15.8	5.2
2024/25	10.4	5.4
2025/26	23.9	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Other outdoor fires	8.0	1.5
Bins and rubbish set on fire	6.7	1.9
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	2.0	1.7

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Coseley	5.9 km	23.9
Bloxwich	6.3 km	23.4
Bilston	4.1 km	22.8
Tipton	3.4 km	20.6
Darlaston	2.0 km	17.1
Wednesbury	–	16.7
Willenhall	4.4 km	12.4
Walsall	3.7 km	11.0
Pheasey	7.1 km	9.8
West Bromwich	3.4 km	8.4
Oldbury	6.6 km	5.0
The typical town	–	5.7