Crap Towns / Droylsden / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Droylsden?

There were 11.6 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Droylsden from April 2023 to March 2026, 2.0 times the typical town's 5.7. The most common were bins and rubbish set on fire, at 7.1. In 2025/26 it was 10.9, up from 10.5 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	10.5	5.2
2024/25	13.4	5.4
2025/26	10.9	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Bins and rubbish set on fire	7.1	1.9
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	2.5	1.7
Other outdoor fires	2.0	1.5

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Dukinfield	4.4 km	19.2
Chadderton	5.6 km	16.0
Denton	4.2 km	15.5
Bredbury and Woodley	7.0 km	15.4
Manchester	4.2 km	15.1
Reddish	4.6 km	14.6
Ashton-under-Lyne	4.1 km	14.4
Hyde	6.3 km	12.4
Droylsden	–	11.6
Audenshaw	1.8 km	11.2
Failsworth	2.4 km	9.9
The typical town	–	5.7