Crap Towns / Golborne / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Golborne?

There were 10.4 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Golborne from April 2023 to March 2026, 1.8 times the typical town's 5.7. The most common were bins and rubbish set on fire, at 6.0. In 2025/26 it was 11.4, up from 8.6 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	8.6	5.2
2024/25	11.2	5.4
2025/26	11.4	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Bins and rubbish set on fire	6.0	1.9
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	3.1	1.7
Other outdoor fires	1.3	1.5

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Platt Bridge and Abram	5.2 km	54.2
Leigh	4.2 km	41.5
Ince-in-Makerfield	7.3 km	34.0
Haydock	6.2 km	23.6
Atherton	8.4 km	15.5
Tyldesley	8.7 km	11.2
Newton-le-Willows	4.2 km	11.0
Golborne	–	10.4
Hindley	6.8 km	10.0
Ashton-in-Makerfield	4.6 km	6.3
Culcheth	4.1 km	5.7
The typical town	–	5.7