Crap Towns / Fleetwood / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Fleetwood?

There were 9.3 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Fleetwood from April 2023 to March 2026, 1.6 times the typical town's 5.7. The most common were bins and rubbish set on fire, at 5.7. In 2025/26 it was 10.3, down from 12.6 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	12.6	5.2
2024/25	5.0	5.4
2025/26	10.3	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Bins and rubbish set on fire	5.7	1.9
Other outdoor fires	2.0	1.5
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	1.5	1.7

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Lancaster	21.7 km	18.2
Fleetwood	–	9.3
Blackpool	12.9 km	9.1
Morecambe	20.9 km	7.7
Heysham	18.5 km	4.9
Poulton-le-Fylde	7.7 km	3.4
Kirkham	18.3 km	3.2
Lytham St Anne's	18.1 km	3.1
Cleveleys	3.4 km	3.1
Thornton	4.4 km	2.1
Garstang	16.4 km	2.0
The typical town	–	5.7