Crap Towns / Barrow-in-Furness / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Barrow-in-Furness?

There were 14.5 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Barrow-in-Furness from April 2023 to March 2026, 2.5 times the typical town's 5.7. The most common were other outdoor fires, at 7.0. In 2025/26 it was 11.8, down from 20.1 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	20.1	5.2
2024/25	11.8	5.4
2025/26	11.8	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Other outdoor fires	7.0	1.5
Bins and rubbish set on fire	4.2	1.9
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	3.3	1.7

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Lancaster	28.9 km	18.2
Barrow-in-Furness	–	14.5
Millom	10.8 km	9.4
Fleetwood	26.1 km	9.3
Morecambe	25.3 km	7.7
Heysham	23.5 km	4.9
Bolton-le-Sands	27.5 km	4.3
Ulverston	12.2 km	4.2
Cleveleys	28.9 km	3.1
Carnforth	29.9 km	3.0
Dalton-in-Furness	5.2 km	2.4
The typical town	–	5.7