Crap Towns / Kirkby-in-Ashfield / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Kirkby-in-Ashfield?

There were 15.3 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Kirkby-in-Ashfield from April 2023 to March 2026, 2.7 times the typical town's 5.7. The most common were grass, woods and crops set on fire, at 5.6. In 2025/26 it was 17.1, up from 11.2 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	11.2	5.2
2024/25	17.7	5.4
2025/26	17.1	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	5.6	1.7
Bins and rubbish set on fire	5.1	1.9
Other outdoor fires	4.6	1.5

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Mansfield	5.8 km	15.9
Kirkby-in-Ashfield	–	15.3
Huthwaite	4.6 km	14.5
Hucknall	7.9 km	11.1
Selston	4.7 km	10.7
Mansfield Woodhouse	8.7 km	10.3
Annesley Woodhouse	2.5 km	10.0
Somercotes and Swanwick	8.7 km	8.5
Sutton in Ashfield	3.2 km	7.6
South Normanton and Pinxton	5.4 km	3.0
Ravenshead	6.0 km	2.4
The typical town	–	5.7