Crap Towns / Welshpool / Deliberate fires
How many fires get started on purpose in Welshpool?
There were 13.1 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Welshpool from April 2023 to March 2025, 2.3 times the typical town's 5.7. In 2024/25 it was 15.0, up from 11.2 in 2023/24.
| Period | Here | Typical town |
|---|---|---|
| 2023/24 | 11.2 | 5.2 |
| 2024/25 | 15.0 | 5.4 |
| 2025/26 | – | 6.4 |
| Town | Distance | Fires per 10,000 people a year |
|---|---|---|
| Newtown | 20.8 km | 13.1 |
| Welshpool | – | 13.1 |
| Acrefair and Cefn-mawr | 35.5 km | 5.4 |
| Rhosllannerchrugog | 38.9 km | 5.4 |
| Wrexham | 44.7 km | 5.4 |
| Shrewsbury | 27.0 km | 4.9 |
| Bayston Hill | 25.0 km | 3.2 |
| Wem | 35.9 km | 2.1 |
| Broseley | 44.8 km | 1.9 |
| Oswestry | 22.6 km | 1.5 |
| Ludlow | 43.7 km | 1.2 |
| The typical town | – | 5.7 |