Crap Towns / Brighouse / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Brighouse?

There were 12.3 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Brighouse from April 2023 to March 2026, 2.2 times the typical town's 5.7. The most common were bins and rubbish set on fire, at 6.1. In 2025/26 it was 17.5, up from 8.7 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	8.7	5.2
2024/25	10.7	5.4
2025/26	17.5	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Bins and rubbish set on fire	6.1	1.9
Other outdoor fires	3.3	1.5
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	2.9	1.7

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Liversedge	5.6 km	24.7
Halifax	7.0 km	23.2
Heckmondwike	7.7 km	21.0
Gomersal and Birkenshaw	8.2 km	16.8
Cleckheaton	5.1 km	15.6
Elland	3.7 km	12.5
Brighouse	–	12.3
Mirfield	6.5 km	11.2
Huddersfield	6.3 km	10.8
Queensbury	8.0 km	10.2
Shelf and Northowram	5.0 km	6.6
The typical town	–	5.7