Crap Towns / Kearsley / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Kearsley?

There were 18.9 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Kearsley from April 2023 to March 2026, 3.3 times the typical town's 5.7. The most common were bins and rubbish set on fire, at 14.9. In 2025/26 it was 27.8, up from 10.0 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	10.0	5.2
2024/25	18.8	5.4
2025/26	27.8	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Bins and rubbish set on fire	14.9	1.9
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	3.2	1.7
Other outdoor fires	0.8	1.5

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Little Hulton	3.2 km	47.0
Farnworth	2.0 km	30.9
Little Lever	2.4 km	21.7
Radcliffe	4.3 km	19.3
Clifton	4.4 km	19.2
Kearsley	–	18.9
Swinton	4.1 km	18.7
Walkden	2.7 km	18.4
Eccles	6.4 km	13.6
Worsley	4.3 km	9.6
Whitefield	5.8 km	9.0
The typical town	–	5.7