Crap Towns / Wrexham / Deliberate fires
How many fires get started on purpose in Wrexham?
There were 5.4 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Wrexham from April 2023 to March 2025, 5% lower than the typical town's 5.7. In 2024/25 it was 5.7, up from 5.0 in 2023/24.
| Period | Here | Typical town |
|---|---|---|
| 2023/24 | 5.0 | 5.2 |
| 2024/25 | 5.7 | 5.4 |
| 2025/26 | – | 6.4 |
| Town | Distance | Fires per 10,000 people a year |
|---|---|---|
| Acrefair and Cefn-mawr | 10.1 km | 5.4 |
| Broughton | 13.7 km | 5.4 |
| Brynteg | 4.8 km | 5.4 |
| Buckley | 14.7 km | 5.4 |
| Gwersyllt | 3.2 km | 5.4 |
| Hawarden | 16.4 km | 5.4 |
| Mold | 16.6 km | 5.4 |
| Rhosllannerchrugog | 6.7 km | 5.4 |
| Shotton | 17.8 km | 5.4 |
| Wrexham | – | 5.4 |
| Chester | 16.7 km | 3.2 |
| The typical town | – | 5.7 |