Crap Towns / Hyde / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Hyde?

There were 12.4 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Hyde from April 2023 to March 2026, 2.2 times the typical town's 5.7. The most common were bins and rubbish set on fire, at 8.5. In 2025/26 it was 11.0, down from 19.1 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	19.1	5.2
2024/25	7.0	5.4
2025/26	11.0	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Bins and rubbish set on fire	8.5	1.9
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	2.3	1.7
Other outdoor fires	1.5	1.5

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Dukinfield	2.6 km	19.2
Denton	3.1 km	15.5
Bredbury and Woodley	4.0 km	15.4
Reddish	5.8 km	14.6
Ashton-under-Lyne	5.0 km	14.4
Hyde	–	12.4
Stalybridge	4.2 km	11.4
Audenshaw	4.5 km	11.2
Hattersley	2.7 km	10.5
Hadfield	5.6 km	10.2
Romiley	4.1 km	4.3
The typical town	–	5.7