Crap Towns / Yatton / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Yatton?

There were 0.8 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Yatton from April 2023 to March 2026, 86% lower than the typical town's 5.7. The most common were other outdoor fires, at 0.8. In 2025/26 it was 1.8, up from 0.0 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	0.0	5.2
2024/25	0.7	5.4
2025/26	1.8	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Other outdoor fires	0.8	1.5
Bins and rubbish set on fire	0.0	1.9
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	0.0	1.7

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Undy and Magor	20.9 km	21.2
Bristol	17.5 km	12.7
Weston-super-Mare	10.9 km	8.7
Highbridge	21.7 km	6.4
Nailsea	5.9 km	5.4
Portishead	10.7 km	4.2
Burnham-on-Sea	20.5 km	3.5
Cheddar	12.9 km	3.3
Long Ashton	11.9 km	2.4
Clevedon	5.1 km	1.7
Yatton	–	0.8
The typical town	–	5.7