Crap Towns / Willenhall / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Willenhall?

There were 12.4 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Willenhall from April 2023 to March 2026, 2.2 times the typical town's 5.7. The most common were bins and rubbish set on fire, at 6.1. In 2025/26 it was 13.6, up from 10.5 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	10.5	5.2
2024/25	13.1	5.4
2025/26	13.6	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Bins and rubbish set on fire	6.1	1.9
Other outdoor fires	5.2	1.5
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	1.1	1.7

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Coseley	7.1 km	23.9
Bloxwich	3.7 km	23.4
Bilston	3.8 km	22.8
Tipton	6.0 km	20.6
Darlaston	2.5 km	17.1
Wednesbury	4.4 km	16.7
Willenhall	–	12.4
Walsall	4.8 km	11.0
Pelsall	6.5 km	10.8
Rushall and Shelfield	6.3 km	7.2
Wolverhampton	6.0 km	5.6
The typical town	–	5.7