Crap Towns / Kirk Sandall and Edenthorpe / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Kirk Sandall and Edenthorpe?

There were 11.7 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Kirk Sandall and Edenthorpe from April 2023 to March 2026, 2.1 times the typical town's 5.7. The most common were bins and rubbish set on fire, at 5.3. In 2025/26 it was 17.9, up from 6.8 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	6.8	5.2
2024/25	10.2	5.4
2025/26	17.9	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Bins and rubbish set on fire	5.3	1.9
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	5.0	1.7
Other outdoor fires	1.3	1.5

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Askern	8.2 km	72.3
Stainforth	5.2 km	60.2
Bentley	5.6 km	50.8
Adwick le Street	8.2 km	50.5
Dunscroft and Hatfield	4.3 km	44.3
Doncaster	5.5 km	30.7
Scawthorpe and Cusworth	7.0 km	23.1
Armthorpe	2.9 km	22.9
Thorne	9.3 km	16.7
Kirk Sandall and Edenthorpe	–	11.7
Sprotbrough	9.1 km	10.2
The typical town	–	5.7