Crap Towns / Hoyland / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Hoyland?

There were 16.2 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Hoyland from April 2023 to March 2026, 2.8 times the typical town's 5.7. The most common were bins and rubbish set on fire, at 8.3. In 2025/26 it was 22.0, up from 10.4 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	10.4	5.2
2024/25	16.1	5.4
2025/26	22.0	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Bins and rubbish set on fire	8.3	1.9
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	4.4	1.7
Other outdoor fires	3.4	1.5

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Wombwell	3.4 km	47.4
Barnsley	6.6 km	34.2
Worsbrough	3.7 km	33.1
Bolton upon Dearne	8.4 km	27.9
Darfield	5.6 km	27.6
Hoyland	–	16.2
Dodworth	7.3 km	16.2
Rawmarsh	7.9 km	15.9
Wath upon Dearne	6.9 km	15.3
Ecclesfield and Grenoside	6.7 km	14.2
Chapeltown and High Green	4.8 km	7.7
The typical town	–	5.7