Crap Towns / Deepcar / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Deepcar?

There were 9.6 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Deepcar from April 2023 to March 2026, 1.7 times the typical town's 5.7. The most common were grass, woods and crops set on fire, at 4.0. In 2025/26 it was 9.6, up from 7.2 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	7.2	5.2
2024/25	12.0	5.4
2025/26	9.6	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	4.0	1.7
Bins and rubbish set on fire	3.9	1.9
Other outdoor fires	1.7	1.5

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Wombwell	12.6 km	47.4
Barnsley	11.9 km	34.2
Worsbrough	9.6 km	33.1
Hoyland	9.4 km	16.2
Dodworth	8.4 km	16.2
Ecclesfield and Grenoside	8.3 km	14.2
Deepcar	–	9.6
Stocksbridge	1.3 km	8.7
Chapeltown and High Green	6.7 km	7.7
Barugh Green and Redbrook	10.7 km	4.9
Penistone	6.2 km	2.2
The typical town	–	5.7