Crap Towns / Heckmondwike / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Heckmondwike?

There were 21.0 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Heckmondwike from April 2023 to March 2026, 3.7 times the typical town's 5.7. The most common were bins and rubbish set on fire, at 10.6. In 2025/26 it was 21.1, down from 22.3 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	22.3	5.2
2024/25	19.5	5.4
2025/26	21.1	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Bins and rubbish set on fire	10.6	1.9
Other outdoor fires	5.8	1.5
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	4.5	1.7

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Liversedge	2.0 km	24.7
Heckmondwike	–	21.0
Batley	2.3 km	19.3
Dewsbury	3.9 km	18.2
Gomersal and Birkenshaw	4.9 km	16.8
Cleckheaton	3.4 km	15.6
Morley	6.1 km	14.0
Mirfield	4.0 km	11.2
Gildersome	5.5 km	10.6
Drighlington	4.9 km	6.9
Ossett	7.4 km	6.3
The typical town	–	5.7