Crap Towns / Darwen / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Darwen?

There were 12.6 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Darwen from April 2023 to March 2026, 2.2 times the typical town's 5.7. The most common were bins and rubbish set on fire, at 9.0. In 2025/26 it was 18.0, up from 5.7 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	5.7	5.2
2024/25	13.9	5.4
2025/26	18.0	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Bins and rubbish set on fire	9.0	1.9
Other outdoor fires	2.7	1.5
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	0.8	1.7

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Church	8.2 km	36.6
Clayton-le-Moors	10.4 km	28.1
Oswaldtwistle	6.6 km	22.7
Rishton	8.5 km	22.1
Accrington	9.1 km	18.9
Blackburn	5.6 km	13.5
Darwen	–	12.6
Haslingden	9.3 km	10.1
Chorley	12.1 km	9.4
Great Harwood	10.7 km	8.2
Ramsbottom	11.6 km	4.5
The typical town	–	5.7