Crap Towns / Grimethorpe / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Grimethorpe?

There were 66.3 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Grimethorpe from April 2023 to March 2026, 11.6 times the typical town's 5.7. The most common were bins and rubbish set on fire, at 32.6. In 2025/26 it was 81.5, up from 71.7 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	71.7	5.2
2024/25	45.8	5.4
2025/26	81.5	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Bins and rubbish set on fire	32.6	1.9
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	18.8	1.7
Other outdoor fires	14.9	1.5

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Goldthorpe	6.8 km	107
Grimethorpe	–	66.3
Thurnscoe	5.7 km	54.1
Wombwell	6.1 km	47.4
Royston	5.5 km	42.5
Barnsley	6.0 km	34.2
South Kirkby	4.4 km	33.6
Cudworth and Shafton	2.5 km	30.2
Darfield	4.4 km	27.6
Hemsworth	4.6 km	23.4
Havercroft and Ryhill	5.8 km	14.9
The typical town	–	5.7