Crap Towns / Featherstone / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Featherstone?

There were 14.4 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Featherstone from April 2023 to March 2026, 2.5 times the typical town's 5.7. The most common were bins and rubbish set on fire, at 9.1. In 2025/26 it was 18.3, up from 10.5 in 2023/24.

Over time
PeriodHereTypical town
2023/2410.55.2
2024/2514.45.4
2025/2618.36.4
What was set alight
FireHereTypical town
Bins and rubbish set on fire9.11.9
Other outdoor fires2.81.5
Grass, woods and crops set on fire2.61.7
Nearby towns
TownDistanceFires per 10,000 people a year
Knottingley7.5 km39.6
Upton8.8 km24.6
Allerton Bywater8.6 km23.9
Hemsworth7.5 km23.4
Castleford4.9 km22.2
Pontefract3.6 km17.3
Havercroft and Ryhill7.2 km14.9
Featherstone–14.4
Crofton5.2 km11.9
Normanton4.3 km11.0
Ackworth Moor Top4.5 km6.4
The typical town–5.7