Crap Towns / Wokingham / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Wokingham?

There were 0.6 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Wokingham from April 2023 to March 2026, 89% lower than the typical town's 5.7. The most common were other outdoor fires, at 0.2. In 2025/26 it was less than 0.1, down from 1.1 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	1.1	5.2
2024/25	0.7	5.4
2025/26	less than 0.1	6.4

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

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Yateley	6.5 km	5.5
Crowthorne	4.5 km	3.3
Bracknell	6.4 km	3.0
Blackwater	7.8 km	1.9
Woodley	7.4 km	1.7
Twyford	9.4 km	1.7
Sandhurst	6.9 km	1.3
Shinfield	7.2 km	0.6
Wokingham	–	0.6
Spencers Wood and Three Mile Cross	8.4 km	0.4
Winnersh	4.8 km	0.2
The typical town	–	5.7