Crap Towns / Cheadle / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Cheadle?

There were 3.4 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Cheadle from April 2023 to March 2026, 40% lower than the typical town's 5.7. The most common were bins and rubbish set on fire, at 2.1. In 2025/26 it was 8.8, up from 0.0 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	0.0	5.2
2024/25	1.5	5.4
2025/26	8.8	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Bins and rubbish set on fire	2.1	1.9
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	1.1	1.7
Other outdoor fires	0.2	1.5

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Stoke-on-Trent	10.6 km	28.4
Kidsgrove	20.3 km	16.4
Newcastle-under-Lyme	17.4 km	12.9
Leek	13.5 km	9.4
Werrington	8.2 km	6.8
Biddulph	18.5 km	4.7
Cheadle	–	3.4
Uttoxeter	12.5 km	3.1
Ashbourne	18.0 km	2.5
Blythe Bridge and Forsbrook	5.4 km	1.9
Stone	14.1 km	1.9
The typical town	–	5.7