Crap Towns / Darfield / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Darfield?

There were 27.6 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Darfield from April 2023 to March 2026, 4.8 times the typical town's 5.7. The most common were grass, woods and crops set on fire, at 13.1. In 2025/26 it was 42.9, up from 14.8 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	14.8	5.2
2024/25	25.1	5.4
2025/26	42.9	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	13.1	1.7
Bins and rubbish set on fire	11.4	1.9
Other outdoor fires	3.1	1.5

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Goldthorpe	4.6 km	107
Grimethorpe	4.4 km	66.3
Thurnscoe	4.7 km	54.1
Wombwell	2.2 km	47.4
Barnsley	6.3 km	34.2
Worsbrough	5.8 km	33.1
Cudworth and Shafton	5.9 km	30.2
Bolton upon Dearne	4.5 km	27.9
Darfield	–	27.6
Hoyland	5.6 km	16.2
Wath upon Dearne	4.7 km	15.3
The typical town	–	5.7