Crap Towns / Kendal / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Kendal?

There were 5.7 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Kendal from April 2023 to March 2026, about the same as the typical town's 5.7. The most common were other outdoor fires, at 2.2. In 2025/26 it was 10.7, up from 2.9 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	2.9	5.2
2024/25	3.5	5.4
2025/26	10.7	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Other outdoor fires	2.2	1.5
Bins and rubbish set on fire	2.0	1.9
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	1.5	1.7

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Lancaster	30.8 km	18.2
Barrow-in-Furness	39.3 km	14.5
Millom	36.7 km	9.4
Morecambe	29.7 km	7.7
Kendal	–	5.7
Penrith	37.6 km	5.2
Heysham	31.7 km	4.9
Bolton-le-Sands	26.8 km	4.3
Ulverston	27.2 km	4.2
Carnforth	22.2 km	3.0
Dalton-in-Furness	34.4 km	2.4
The typical town	–	5.7