Crap Towns / Kippax / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Kippax?

There were 13.0 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Kippax from April 2023 to March 2026, 2.3 times the typical town's 5.7. The most common were grass, woods and crops set on fire, at 7.4. In 2025/26 it was 22.5, up from 9.0 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	9.0	5.2
2024/25	7.5	5.4
2025/26	22.5	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	7.4	1.7
Bins and rubbish set on fire	3.5	1.9
Other outdoor fires	2.1	1.5

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Knottingley	10.9 km	39.6
Allerton Bywater	1.7 km	23.9
Castleford	5.7 km	22.2
Pontefract	9.5 km	17.3
Rothwell	8.0 km	17.1
Featherstone	9.9 km	14.4
Kippax	–	13.0
Sherburn in Elmet	10.4 km	12.1
Crofton	12.7 km	11.9
Normanton	7.6 km	11.0
Garforth	2.6 km	8.4
The typical town	–	5.7