Crap Towns / Crosby / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Crosby?

There were 13.9 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Crosby from April 2023 to March 2026, 2.4 times the typical town's 5.7. The most common were other outdoor fires, at 6.3. In 2025/26 it was 18.5, up from 10.3 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	10.3	5.2
2024/25	12.9	5.4
2025/26	18.5	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Other outdoor fires	6.3	1.5
Bins and rubbish set on fire	4.1	1.9
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	3.5	1.7

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Birkenhead	11.8 km	26.4
Kirkby	9.5 km	25.0
Liverpool	11.0 km	20.0
Bootle	4.0 km	19.1
Crosby	–	13.9
Wallasey	8.3 km	13.5
Litherland	2.4 km	13.1
Aintree	5.4 km	12.8
Formby	8.2 km	11.5
Lydiate	6.8 km	5.1
Maghull	6.1 km	4.8
The typical town	–	5.7