Crap Towns / Adwick le Street / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Adwick le Street?

There were 50.5 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Adwick le Street from April 2023 to March 2026, 8.9 times the typical town's 5.7. The most common were bins and rubbish set on fire, at 27.5. In 2025/26 it was 29.8, down from 75.9 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	75.9	5.2
2024/25	45.9	5.4
2025/26	29.8	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Bins and rubbish set on fire	27.5	1.9
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	13.5	1.7
Other outdoor fires	9.6	1.5

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Askern	5.3 km	72.3
Thurnscoe	8.4 km	54.1
Bentley	4.9 km	50.8
Adwick le Street	–	50.5
South Kirkby	8.8 km	33.6
South Elmsall	6.5 km	31.2
Doncaster	8.7 km	30.7
Upton	7.6 km	24.6
Scawthorpe and Cusworth	3.8 km	23.1
Kirk Sandall and Edenthorpe	8.2 km	11.7
Sprotbrough	6.5 km	10.2
The typical town	–	5.7