Crap Towns / Whitchurch / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Whitchurch?

There were 2.0 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Whitchurch from April 2023 to March 2026, 65% lower than the typical town's 5.7. The most common were bins and rubbish set on fire, at 1.0. In 2025/26 it was 4.9, up from 0.0 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	0.0	5.2
2024/25	1.0	5.4
2025/26	4.9	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Bins and rubbish set on fire	1.0	1.9
Other outdoor fires	0.7	1.5
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	0.3	1.7

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Crewe	21.2 km	5.6
Acrefair and Cefn-mawr	25.7 km	5.4
Brynteg	26.6 km	5.4
Gwersyllt	24.9 km	5.4
Rhosllannerchrugog	24.8 km	5.4
Wrexham	21.9 km	5.4
Market Drayton	15.2 km	3.6
Wem	12.7 km	2.1
Whitchurch	–	2.0
Nantwich	15.7 km	0.9
Haslington	24.4 km	0.6
The typical town	–	5.7