Crap Towns / Cleckheaton / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Cleckheaton?

There were 15.6 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Cleckheaton from April 2023 to March 2026, 2.7 times the typical town's 5.7. The most common were bins and rubbish set on fire, at 9.7. In 2025/26 it was 16.9, down from 21.1 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	21.1	5.2
2024/25	8.7	5.4
2025/26	16.9	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Bins and rubbish set on fire	9.7	1.9
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	3.2	1.7
Other outdoor fires	2.8	1.5

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Liversedge	2.2 km	24.7
Heckmondwike	3.4 km	21.0
Batley	5.2 km	19.3
Dewsbury	7.1 km	18.2
Gomersal and Birkenshaw	3.5 km	16.8
Cleckheaton	–	15.6
Brighouse	5.1 km	12.3
Mirfield	5.2 km	11.2
Gildersome	6.6 km	10.6
Drighlington	5.0 km	6.9
Shelf and Northowram	7.5 km	6.6
The typical town	–	5.7