Crap Towns / Bury / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Bury?

There were 15.1 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Bury from April 2023 to March 2026, 2.6 times the typical town's 5.7. The most common were bins and rubbish set on fire, at 12.3. In 2025/26 it was 12.6, down from 16.3 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	16.3	5.2
2024/25	16.4	5.4
2025/26	12.6	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Bins and rubbish set on fire	12.3	1.9
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	1.9	1.7
Other outdoor fires	0.8	1.5

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Little Lever	6.1 km	21.7
Radcliffe	3.9 km	19.3
Clifton	8.7 km	19.2
Kearsley	8.0 km	18.9
Heywood	4.6 km	16.6
Middleton	7.8 km	15.8
Bury	–	15.1
Rochdale	8.9 km	13.9
Prestwich	7.4 km	9.6
Whitefield	5.1 km	9.0
Ramsbottom	4.9 km	4.5
The typical town	–	5.7