Crap Towns / Chapel-en-le-Frith / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Chapel-en-le-Frith?

There were 1.5 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Chapel-en-le-Frith from April 2023 to March 2026, 74% lower than the typical town's 5.7. The most common were other outdoor fires, at 1.3. In 2025/26 it was 3.0, up from 1.4 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	1.4	5.2
2024/25	0.0	5.4
2025/26	3.0	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Other outdoor fires	1.3	1.5
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	0.2	1.7
Bins and rubbish set on fire	0.0	1.9

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Marple	12.8 km	10.3
Hadfield	15.6 km	10.2
Glossop	13.4 km	4.4
Romiley	14.9 km	4.3
Hazel Grove	14.3 km	3.9
Buxton	7.7 km	3.7
Macclesfield	15.7 km	2.1
Chapel-en-le-Frith	–	1.5
New Mills	7.2 km	1.4
Poynton	13.5 km	1.3
Bollington	13.1 km	0.5
The typical town	–	5.7