Crap Towns / Bradford / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Bradford?

There were 38.4 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Bradford from April 2023 to March 2026, 6.7 times the typical town's 5.7. The most common were bins and rubbish set on fire, at 27.9. In 2025/26 it was 46.4, up from 33.5 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	33.5	5.2
2024/25	35.4	5.4
2025/26	46.4	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Bins and rubbish set on fire	27.9	1.9
Other outdoor fires	5.5	1.5
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	5.0	1.7

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Bradford	–	38.4
Shipley	4.3 km	23.8
Thornton	5.3 km	23.6
Baildon	6.1 km	21.3
Gomersal and Birkenshaw	6.3 km	16.8
Cleckheaton	8.1 km	15.6
Pudsey	5.9 km	13.3
Queensbury	6.6 km	10.2
Bingley	8.0 km	7.6
Drighlington	8.0 km	6.9
Shelf and Northowram	7.1 km	6.6
The typical town	–	5.7