Crap Towns / Goole / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Goole?

There were 8.1 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Goole from April 2023 to March 2026, 42% higher than the typical town's 5.7. The most common were bins and rubbish set on fire, at 6.1. In 2025/26 it was 4.8, down from 10.2 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	10.2	5.2
2024/25	9.3	5.4
2025/26	4.8	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Bins and rubbish set on fire	6.1	1.9
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	1.2	1.7
Other outdoor fires	0.8	1.5

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Askern	20.7 km	72.3
Stainforth	15.5 km	60.2
Dunscroft and Hatfield	17.0 km	44.3
Armthorpe	21.8 km	22.9
Scunthorpe	20.5 km	17.9
Thorne	11.7 km	16.7
Moorends	9.4 km	14.9
Kirk Sandall and Edenthorpe	20.7 km	11.7
Selby	15.2 km	11.0
Goole	–	8.1
Brough	21.5 km	3.5
The typical town	–	5.7