Deliberate fires, 2011-12

Statistics include data for Wales for the period 2011-12. The latest release updates the statistics previously released on 28 February 2012.

Fires:

• the Welsh Fire and Rescue Services attended 2,038 deliberate primary fires in 2011-12, a decrease of 18 per cent compared with the previous year and of 72 per cent compared with 2001-02
• in 2011-12, 64 per cent of deliberate fires were in South Wales, 23 per cent in Mid and West Wales, and 13 per cent were in North Wales
• around 1 in 5 deliberate fires in 2010-11 in Wales occurred in April

Vehicles:

• in 2011-12, there were 939 primary fires started deliberately in vehicles, a decrease of 23 per cent compared with the previous year

School fires:

• in 2011-12, there were 16 deliberate fires in schools, equating to 43 per cent of all fires in schools

Source and Hazardous Materials:

• furniture and furnishings were the materials first ignited in 20 per cent of deliberate primary fires in the combined figures for 2009-10 to 2011-12
• of the dangerous substances in deliberate primary fires in total in 2009-10 to 2011-12, 70 per cent were flammable liquids

Casualties:

• in 2011-12, there were 1 fatal casualty and 64 nonfatal casualties in deliberate fires

Contact

Tel: 029 2082 6699
Email: stats.inclusion@wales.gsi.gov.uk

Next update

February 2014 (provisional - to be confirmed on the Due out soon page)