Crap Towns / Carnforth / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Carnforth?

There were 3.0 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Carnforth from April 2023 to March 2026, 47% lower than the typical town's 5.7. The most common were grass, woods and crops set on fire, at 1.1. In 2025/26 it was 0.8, down from 8.1 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	8.1	5.2
2024/25	0.0	5.4
2025/26	0.8	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	1.1	1.7
Other outdoor fires	1.1	1.5
Bins and rubbish set on fire	0.8	1.9

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Lancaster	8.7 km	18.2
Barrow-in-Furness	29.9 km	14.5
Fleetwood	29.5 km	9.3
Morecambe	8.6 km	7.7
Kendal	22.2 km	5.7
Heysham	11.1 km	4.9
Bolton-le-Sands	5.0 km	4.3
Ulverston	22.1 km	4.2
Carnforth	–	3.0
Dalton-in-Furness	27.1 km	2.4
Garstang	24.8 km	2.0
The typical town	–	5.7