Crap Towns / Hoylake / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Hoylake?

There were 12.7 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Hoylake from April 2023 to March 2026, 2.2 times the typical town's 5.7. The most common were other outdoor fires, at 5.8. In 2025/26 it was 12.1, up from 5.9 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	5.9	5.2
2024/25	20.1	5.4
2025/26	12.1	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Other outdoor fires	5.8	1.5
Bins and rubbish set on fire	4.0	1.9
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	2.9	1.7

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Birkenhead	8.5 km	26.4
Wallasey	9.2 km	13.5
Hoylake	–	12.7
Bebington	13.4 km	8.1
West Kirby	2.2 km	7.7
Heswall	8.1 km	7.4
Bagillt	11.2 km	5.4
Holywell	12.7 km	5.4
Meols	2.5 km	3.2
Greasby	4.4 km	1.8
Neston	13.1 km	1.5
The typical town	–	5.7