Crap Towns / Alsager / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Alsager?

There were 2.1 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Alsager from April 2023 to March 2026, 63% lower than the typical town's 5.7. The most common were other outdoor fires, at 1.1. In 2025/26 it was 2.6, down from 3.1 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	3.1	5.2
2024/25	0.6	5.4
2025/26	2.6	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Other outdoor fires	1.1	1.5
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	0.8	1.7
Bins and rubbish set on fire	0.2	1.9

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Kidsgrove	3.9 km	16.4
Newcastle-under-Lyme	9.0 km	12.9
Crewe	10.1 km	5.6
Biddulph	8.7 km	4.7
Middlewich	14.1 km	4.4
Sandbach	7.0 km	3.3
Alsager	–	2.1
Congleton	9.7 km	1.5
Haslington	6.5 km	0.6
Elworth	8.5 km	0.0
Holmes Chapel	12.2 km	0.0
The typical town	–	5.7