Crap Towns / Wem / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Wem?

There were 2.1 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Wem from April 2023 to March 2026, 63% lower than the typical town's 5.7. The most common were bins and rubbish set on fire, at 1.1. In 2025/26 it was 3.2, up from 0.0 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	0.0	5.2
2024/25	3.2	5.4
2025/26	3.2	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Bins and rubbish set on fire	1.1	1.9
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	0.5	1.7
Other outdoor fires	0.5	1.5

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Telford	25.1 km	5.6
Acrefair and Cefn-mawr	27.0 km	5.4
Rhosllannerchrugog	27.8 km	5.4
Shrewsbury	16.4 km	4.9
Market Drayton	16.8 km	3.6
Bayston Hill	20.6 km	3.2
Wem	–	2.1
Whitchurch	12.7 km	2.0
Oswestry	22.0 km	1.5
Newport	25.4 km	1.5
Nantwich	27.0 km	0.9
The typical town	–	5.7