Crap Towns / Whitnash / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Whitnash?

There were 0.7 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Whitnash from April 2023 to March 2026, 88% lower than the typical town's 5.7. The most common were grass, woods and crops set on fire, at 0.7. In 2025/26 it was 0.0, down from 2.0 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	2.0	5.2
2024/25	0.0	5.4
2025/26	0.0	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	0.7	1.7
Bins and rubbish set on fire	0.0	1.9
Other outdoor fires	0.0	1.5

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Coventry	16.2 km	9.5
Balsall Common	17.0 km	4.7
Cawston	18.1 km	4.1
Stratford-upon-Avon	15.6 km	3.8
Warwick	4.2 km	3.2
Southam	9.3 km	2.5
Royal Leamington Spa	3.2 km	2.4
Wellesbourne	9.4 km	2.2
Kenilworth	9.6 km	1.6
Knowle and Dorridge	19.7 km	1.6
Whitnash	–	0.7
The typical town	–	5.7