Crap Towns / Hindley / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Hindley?

There were 10.0 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Hindley 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 7.6. In 2025/26 it was 8.8, up from 8.0 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	8.0	5.2
2024/25	13.3	5.4
2025/26	8.8	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Bins and rubbish set on fire	7.6	1.9
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	1.8	1.7
Other outdoor fires	0.7	1.5

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Platt Bridge and Abram	2.4 km	54.2
Leigh	4.6 km	41.5
Ince-in-Makerfield	2.4 km	34.0
Wigan	5.3 km	21.4
Atherton	5.8 km	15.5
Westhoughton	3.7 km	11.2
Golborne	6.8 km	10.4
Hindley	–	10.0
Horwich	6.9 km	10.0
Ashton-in-Makerfield	6.4 km	6.3
Blackrod	6.1 km	5.8
The typical town	–	5.7