Crap Towns / Dalton-in-Furness / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Dalton-in-Furness?

There were 2.4 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Dalton-in-Furness from April 2023 to March 2026, 58% lower than the typical town's 5.7. The most common were grass, woods and crops set on fire, at 1.1. In 2025/26 it was 2.0, the same as in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	2.0	5.2
2024/25	3.2	5.4
2025/26	2.0	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	1.1	1.7
Bins and rubbish set on fire	0.9	1.9
Other outdoor fires	0.4	1.5

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Lancaster	27.5 km	18.2
Barrow-in-Furness	5.2 km	14.5
Millom	8.4 km	9.4
Fleetwood	28.8 km	9.3
Morecambe	23.9 km	7.7
Heysham	22.5 km	4.9
Bolton-le-Sands	25.5 km	4.3
Ulverston	7.1 km	4.2
Cleveleys	31.8 km	3.1
Carnforth	27.1 km	3.0
Dalton-in-Furness	–	2.4
The typical town	–	5.7