Crap Towns / Wootton / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Wootton?

There were 7.5 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Wootton from April 2023 to March 2026, 32% higher than the typical town's 5.7. The most common were other outdoor fires, at 4.0. In 2025/26 it was 13.2, up from 1.3 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	1.3	5.2
2024/25	7.9	5.4
2025/26	13.2	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Other outdoor fires	4.0	1.5
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	2.6	1.7
Bins and rubbish set on fire	0.9	1.9

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Wixams	3.9 km	15.4
Kempston	3.4 km	9.4
Wootton	–	7.5
Bedford	7.0 km	5.6
Cranfield	6.3 km	4.7
Shefford	14.9 km	3.5
Flitwick	10.0 km	3.4
Newport Pagnell	13.6 km	3.3
Ampthill	7.9 km	2.9
Marston Moretaine	3.1 km	2.5
Olney	14.1 km	1.8
The typical town	–	5.7