Crap Towns / Hattersley / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Hattersley?

There were 10.5 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Hattersley 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 9.4. In 2025/26 it was 10.3, down from 10.8 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	10.8	5.2
2024/25	10.3	5.4
2025/26	10.3	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Bins and rubbish set on fire	9.4	1.9
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	0.9	1.7
Other outdoor fires	0.1	1.5

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Dukinfield	4.6 km	19.2
Denton	5.8 km	15.5
Bredbury and Woodley	5.9 km	15.4
Ashton-under-Lyne	6.6 km	14.4
Hyde	2.7 km	12.4
Stalybridge	4.2 km	11.4
Hattersley	–	10.5
Marple	6.5 km	10.3
Hadfield	3.1 km	10.2
Glossop	5.7 km	4.4
Romiley	4.9 km	4.3
The typical town	–	5.7