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Data Provider: Welsh Government Fires by Local Authority and motive
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[Collapse]Wales16,46711,43813,16911,65012,10310,74211,02312,91110,58710,32610,74011,0689,700
Wales[Collapse]Economic Action Plan area: north WalesThese regional totals are created by summing the Local Authroities featured in this table. The Local authority is based on the grid reference provided and some inaccuracies in the recording of the location are possible. For this reason totals shown here may not match those reported elsewhere.3,1872,3492,4162,2432,1352,0092,0292,2801,9501,7701,8792,0111,657
Economic Action Plan area: north WalesThese regional totals are created by summing the Local Authroities featured in this table. The Local authority is based on the grid reference provided and some inaccuracies in the recording of the location are possible. For this reason totals shown here may not match those reported elsewhere.Isle of Anglesey297206283239211168184246188174176236169
Gwynedd705474488480440413432512402364424354380
Conwy449326382314320283293337320285305350280
Denbighshire384305315275256258255260232231280280229
Flintshire570442438415396408381434342338352395281
Wrexham782596510520512479484491466378342396318
[Collapse]Economic Action Plan area: mid and south west WalesThese regional totals are created by summing the Local Authroities featured in this table. The Local authority is based on the grid reference provided and some inaccuracies in the recording of the location are possible. For this reason totals shown here may not match those reported elsewhere.4,5173,2453,9123,4903,3882,9323,1973,7303,1513,0723,2963,0242,583
Economic Action Plan area: mid and south west WalesThese regional totals are created by summing the Local Authroities featured in this table. The Local authority is based on the grid reference provided and some inaccuracies in the recording of the location are possible. For this reason totals shown here may not match those reported elsewhere.Powys569429532416462371457416353362424382356
Ceredigion241198225235198190173228191172185173168
Pembrokeshire518386401370341312342361324336374404309
Carmarthenshire699559612630557508527640530543543524417
Swansea1,5591,0611,3841,2031,1069791,0921,3561,1441,0771,126951818
Neath Port Talbot931612758636724572606729609582644590515
[Collapse]Economic Action Plan area: south east WalesThese regional totals are created by summing the Local Authroities featured in this table. The Local authority is based on the grid reference provided and some inaccuracies in the recording of the location are possible. For this reason totals shown here may not match those reported elsewhere.8,7625,8446,8415,9156,5805,8015,7976,9015,4865,4845,5656,0335,460
Economic Action Plan area: south east WalesThese regional totals are created by summing the Local Authroities featured in this table. The Local authority is based on the grid reference provided and some inaccuracies in the recording of the location are possible. For this reason totals shown here may not match those reported elsewhere.Bridgend720583589457578425474556548512454456492
Vale of Glamorgan402291351282304351297322283354300372289
Cardiff1,4169571,1441,0391,0051,0021,1101,1639641,0019961,1171,097
Rhondda Cynon Taf1,7191,0851,3471,0911,2888991,0061,3639451,014906822806
Merthyr Tydfil642398448393432304286374276288331261296
Caerphilly1,2327699357489098038181,057786746882885837
Blaenau Gwent691434534586564504448568357392442513466
Torfaen521386486363437379308371341312301417289
Monmouthshire296218249213209200184257192189200228188
Newport1,123723758743854934866870794676753962700

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General description

Since 2009-10 data have been extracted from the Incident Recording System (IRS). This is a live system and consequently it is possible that data extracted at a different time may not match the figures in this table. For instance the data published in the Performance Indicator tables are extracted at a different time and so may not match exactly those presented here.
2009-10 data were extracted from IRS in May 2011.
2010-11 data were extracted from IRS in May 2012.
2011-12 data were extracted from IRS in May 2013.
2012-13 data were extracted from IRS in May 2014.
2013-14 data were extracted from IRSin June 2015.
2014-15 data were extracted from IRS in July 2016.
2015-16 data were extracted from IRS in July 2017.
2016-17 data were extracted from IRS in July 2018.
2017-18 data were extracted from IRS in July 2019.
2018-19 data were extracted from IRS in September 2020
2019-20 data were extracted from IRS in August 2021.
2020-21 data were extracted from IRS in August 2022.
2021-22 data were extracted from IRS in August 2023.
2022-23 and 2023-24 data were extracted from IRS in August 2024.
2023-24 data are currently provisional and will be updated September 2025.
Source: The Home Office
Contact: stats.inclusion@gov.wales

Data collection and calculation

Data were collected via the Incident Recording System (IRS).

Data reference periods

Financial Years 2009-10 to 2023-24

Rounding applied

None

Revisions information

Revisions are marked with an (r). The most recent year shown is currently provisional and may be revised when the table is next updated.

Title

Fires by Local Authority and motive

Last update

November 2024 November 2024

Next update

September 2025

Publishing organisation

Welsh Government

Source 1

Fire incident recording system, Home Office

Lowest level of geographical disaggregation

Local authorities

Geographical coverage

Local authorities

Languages covered

English and Welsh

Data licensing

You may use and re-use this data free of charge in any format or medium, under the terms of the Open Government License - see http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence

Keywords

Fires, Local Authorities, Accidental, Deliberate

Statistical quality

Since 2009-10 data have been extracted from the Incident Recording System (IRS). This is a live system and consequently it is possible that data extracted at a different time may not match the figures in this table. For instance the data published in the Performance Indicator tables are extracted in July and so are unlikely to match exactly those presented here.