Crap Towns / Dunscroft and Hatfield / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Dunscroft and Hatfield?

There were 44.3 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Dunscroft and Hatfield from April 2023 to March 2026, 7.8 times the typical town's 5.7. The most common were grass, woods and crops set on fire, at 24.7. In 2025/26 it was 79.4, up from 28.4 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	28.4	5.2
2024/25	25.1	5.4
2025/26	79.4	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	24.7	1.7
Bins and rubbish set on fire	11.2	1.9
Other outdoor fires	8.4	1.5

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Askern	10.4 km	72.3
Stainforth	2.6 km	60.2
Bentley	9.9 km	50.8
Dunscroft and Hatfield	–	44.3
Doncaster	9.1 km	30.7
Finningley	10.2 km	25.2
Scawthorpe and Cusworth	11.3 km	23.1
Armthorpe	4.8 km	22.9
Thorne	5.4 km	16.7
Moorends	7.6 km	14.9
Kirk Sandall and Edenthorpe	4.3 km	11.7
The typical town	–	5.7