Crap Towns / Finningley / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Finningley?

There were 25.2 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Finningley from April 2023 to March 2026, 4.4 times the typical town's 5.7. The most common were grass, woods and crops set on fire, at 13.3. In 2025/26 it was 37.3, up from 30.6 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	30.6	5.2
2024/25	7.6	5.4
2025/26	37.3	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	13.3	1.7
Bins and rubbish set on fire	7.1	1.9
Other outdoor fires	4.8	1.5

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Stainforth	12.7 km	60.2
Bentley	11.3 km	50.8
Dunscroft and Hatfield	10.2 km	44.3
Warmsworth	12.1 km	37.9
New Rossington and Rossington	5.0 km	31.9
Doncaster	7.5 km	30.7
Harworth and Bircotes	7.7 km	26.6
Finningley	–	25.2
Armthorpe	6.7 km	22.9
Kirk Sandall and Edenthorpe	9.6 km	11.7
Sprotbrough	12.5 km	10.2
The typical town	–	5.7