Crap Towns / Weybridge / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Weybridge?

There were 1.1 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Weybridge from April 2023 to March 2026, 81% lower than the typical town's 5.7. The most common were grass, woods and crops set on fire, at 0.5. In 2025/26 it was 0.6, down from 1.3 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	1.3	5.2
2024/25	1.4	5.4
2025/26	0.6	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	0.5	1.7
Other outdoor fires	0.4	1.5
Bins and rubbish set on fire	0.2	1.9

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Shepperton	2.0 km	5.4
Byfleet	3.0 km	3.7
Walton-on-Thames	3.4 km	2.9
Sunbury-on-Thames	4.8 km	2.7
Chertsey	4.6 km	2.6
Hersham	3.6 km	2.5
Addlestone	2.6 km	2.2
New Haw, West Byfleet and Sheerwater	5.3 km	2.1
Esher	5.9 km	1.9
Weybridge	–	1.1
Ashford Common	5.2 km	0.2
The typical town	–	5.7