Crap Towns / Bootle / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Bootle?

There were 19.1 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Bootle from April 2023 to March 2026, 3.4 times the typical town's 5.7. The most common were bins and rubbish set on fire, at 7.9. In 2025/26 it was 19.4, up from 18.4 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	18.4	5.2
2024/25	19.4	5.4
2025/26	19.4	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Bins and rubbish set on fire	7.9	1.9
Other outdoor fires	6.7	1.5
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	4.5	1.7

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Birkenhead	9.0 km	26.4
Kirkby	8.2 km	25.0
Huyton with Roby	10.4 km	22.3
Liverpool	7.1 km	20.0
Bootle	–	19.1
Crosby	4.0 km	13.9
Wallasey	6.0 km	13.5
Litherland	2.0 km	13.1
Aintree	4.5 km	12.8
Lydiate	8.5 km	5.1
Maghull	7.2 km	4.8
The typical town	–	5.7