Crap Towns / Knottingley / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Knottingley?

There were 39.6 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Knottingley from April 2023 to March 2026, 6.9 times the typical town's 5.7. The most common were bins and rubbish set on fire, at 18.7. In 2025/26 it was 68.1, up from 17.4 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	17.4	5.2
2024/25	33.4	5.4
2025/26	68.1	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Bins and rubbish set on fire	18.7	1.9
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	13.4	1.7
Other outdoor fires	7.5	1.5

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Askern	11.7 km	72.3
Knottingley	–	39.6
Upton	9.7 km	24.6
Allerton Bywater	10.8 km	23.9
Castleford	6.0 km	22.2
Pontefract	3.9 km	17.3
Featherstone	7.5 km	14.4
Kippax	10.9 km	13.0
Sherburn in Elmet	10.0 km	12.1
Normanton	10.5 km	11.0
Ackworth Moor Top	8.9 km	6.4
The typical town	–	5.7