Crap Towns / Frodsham / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Frodsham?

There were 19.0 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Frodsham from April 2023 to March 2026, 3.3 times the typical town's 5.7. The most common were bins and rubbish set on fire, at 11.2. In 2025/26 it was 14.7, down from 25.9 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	25.9	5.2
2024/25	16.5	5.4
2025/26	14.7	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Bins and rubbish set on fire	11.2	1.9
Other outdoor fires	4.2	1.5
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	3.7	1.7

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Frodsham	–	19.0
Widnes	9.0 km	17.0
Runcorn	4.8 km	15.3
Ellesmere Port	13.0 km	6.8
Warrington	14.2 km	5.6
Northwich	13.5 km	4.3
Barnton	11.6 km	0.8
Helsby	3.8 km	0.6
Weaverham	10.4 km	0.5
Hartford	12.3 km	0.5
Cuddington	9.5 km	0.0
The typical town	–	5.7