Crap Towns / Clayton-le-Moors / Deliberate fires
How many fires get started on purpose in Clayton-le-Moors?
There were 28.1 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Clayton-le-Moors from April 2023 to March 2026, 4.9 times the typical town's 5.7. The most common were bins and rubbish set on fire, at 17.0. In 2025/26 it was 30.9, up from 12.2 in 2023/24.
Top end or bottom end, it's still a bin on fire.
| Period | Here | Typical town |
|---|---|---|
| 2023/24 | 12.2 | 5.2 |
| 2024/25 | 41.3 | 5.4 |
| 2025/26 | 30.9 | 6.4 |
| Fire | Here | Typical town |
|---|---|---|
| Bins and rubbish set on fire | 17.0 | 1.9 |
| Other outdoor fires | 7.9 | 1.5 |
| Grass, woods and crops set on fire | 3.2 | 1.7 |
| Town | Distance | Fires per 10,000 people a year |
|---|---|---|
| Church | 2.4 km | 36.6 |
| Clayton-le-Moors | – | 28.1 |
| Burnley | 9.9 km | 23.4 |
| Oswaldtwistle | 4.0 km | 22.7 |
| Rishton | 2.5 km | 22.1 |
| Accrington | 3.2 km | 18.9 |
| Padiham | 5.3 km | 14.0 |
| Blackburn | 7.5 km | 13.5 |
| Darwen | 10.4 km | 12.6 |
| Haslingden | 10.0 km | 10.1 |
| Great Harwood | 2.1 km | 8.2 |
| The typical town | – | 5.7 |