Crap Towns / Wixams / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Wixams?

There were 15.4 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Wixams from April 2023 to March 2026, 2.7 times the typical town's 5.7. The most common were other outdoor fires, at 11.5. In 2025/26 it was 7.3, down from 12.4 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	12.4	5.2
2024/25	26.7	5.4
2025/26	7.3	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Other outdoor fires	11.5	1.5
Bins and rubbish set on fire	2.2	1.9
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	1.7	1.7

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Wixams	–	15.4
Kempston	3.4 km	9.4
Wootton	3.9 km	7.5
Sandy	13.5 km	5.8
Bedford	5.8 km	5.6
Cranfield	9.8 km	4.7
Biggleswade	15.1 km	4.0
Shefford	11.2 km	3.5
Flitwick	9.3 km	3.4
Ampthill	7.1 km	2.9
Marston Moretaine	5.6 km	2.5
The typical town	–	5.7