Crap Towns / Kidsgrove / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Kidsgrove?

There were 16.4 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Kidsgrove from April 2023 to March 2026, 2.9 times the typical town's 5.7. The most common were bins and rubbish set on fire, at 11.7. In 2025/26 it was 23.3, up from 9.9 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	9.9	5.2
2024/25	16.1	5.4
2025/26	23.3	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Bins and rubbish set on fire	11.7	1.9
Other outdoor fires	3.2	1.5
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	1.6	1.7

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Stoke-on-Trent	12.5 km	28.4
Kidsgrove	–	16.4
Newcastle-under-Lyme	7.2 km	12.9
Werrington	12.1 km	6.8
Crewe	13.9 km	5.6
Biddulph	5.6 km	4.7
Sandbach	10.4 km	3.3
Alsager	3.9 km	2.1
Congleton	9.1 km	1.5
Haslington	10.3 km	0.6
Elworth	12.1 km	0.0
The typical town	–	5.7