Crap Towns / Worthing / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Worthing?

There were 3.1 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Worthing from April 2023 to March 2026, 46% lower than the typical town's 5.7. The most common were other outdoor fires, at 1.4. In 2025/26 it was 3.0, up from 2.9 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	2.9	5.2
2024/25	3.4	5.4
2025/26	3.0	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Other outdoor fires	1.4	1.5
Bins and rubbish set on fire	0.9	1.9
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	0.8	1.7

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Yapton	14.2 km	6.4
Storrington	10.2 km	5.0
Wick	10.1 km	4.9
Southwick	11.8 km	4.4
Littlehampton	9.5 km	3.7
Lancing and Sompting	5.3 km	3.7
Worthing	–	3.1
Shoreham-by-Sea	9.3 km	2.4
Rustington	5.6 km	2.4
Henfield	14.4 km	2.4
Steyning	8.2 km	2.1
The typical town	–	5.7