Crap Towns / Crofton / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Crofton?

There were 11.9 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Crofton from April 2023 to March 2026, 2.1 times the typical town's 5.7. The most common were bins and rubbish set on fire, at 4.6. In 2025/26 it was 12.5, down from 16.9 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	16.9	5.2
2024/25	6.3	5.4
2025/26	12.5	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Bins and rubbish set on fire	4.6	1.9
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	3.8	1.7
Other outdoor fires	3.6	1.5

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Royston	7.0 km	42.5
Cudworth and Shafton	8.5 km	30.2
Hemsworth	7.6 km	23.4
Havercroft and Ryhill	4.3 km	14.9
Featherstone	5.2 km	14.4
Crofton	–	11.9
Normanton	5.1 km	11.0
Crigglestone and Durkar	6.9 km	10.1
Wakefield	5.4 km	7.2
Ackworth Moor Top	6.5 km	6.4
Horbury	7.9 km	5.2
The typical town	–	5.7