Crap Towns / Gildersome / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Gildersome?

There were 10.6 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Gildersome from April 2023 to March 2026, 1.9 times the typical town's 5.7. The most common were grass, woods and crops set on fire, at 4.8. In 2025/26 it was 19.1, up from 4.8 in 2023/24.

Over time
PeriodHereTypical town
2023/244.85.2
2024/258.05.4
2025/2619.16.4
What was set alight
FireHereTypical town
Grass, woods and crops set on fire4.81.7
Bins and rubbish set on fire3.21.9
Other outdoor fires2.71.5
Nearby towns
TownDistanceFires per 10,000 people a year
Liversedge7.1 km24.7
Leeds7.7 km23.6
Heckmondwike5.5 km21.0
Batley4.1 km19.3
Gomersal and Birkenshaw4.1 km16.8
East Ardsley6.2 km16.4
Cleckheaton6.6 km15.6
Morley2.4 km14.0
Pudsey6.1 km13.3
Gildersome–10.6
Drighlington1.9 km6.9
The typical town–5.7