Crap Towns / Elland / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Elland?

There were 12.5 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Elland from April 2023 to March 2026, 2.2 times the typical town's 5.7. The most common were other outdoor fires, at 5.6. In 2025/26 it was 26.9, up from 5.0 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	5.0	5.2
2024/25	5.7	5.4
2025/26	26.9	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Other outdoor fires	5.6	1.5
Bins and rubbish set on fire	3.7	1.9
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	3.3	1.7

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Liversedge	9.1 km	24.7
Halifax	5.8 km	23.2
Cleckheaton	8.9 km	15.6
Elland	–	12.5
Brighouse	3.7 km	12.3
Mirfield	9.0 km	11.2
Huddersfield	5.2 km	10.8
Queensbury	8.9 km	10.2
Shelf and Northowram	6.2 km	6.6
Meltham	10.3 km	5.4
Linthwaite and Slaithwaite	7.3 km	5.3
The typical town	–	5.7