Crap Towns / Leek / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Leek?

There were 9.4 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Leek from April 2023 to March 2026, 1.6 times the typical town's 5.7. The most common were bins and rubbish set on fire, at 4.6. In 2025/26 it was 14.3, up from 4.5 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	4.5	5.2
2024/25	9.6	5.4
2025/26	14.3	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Bins and rubbish set on fire	4.6	1.9
Other outdoor fires	3.7	1.5
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	1.2	1.7

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Stoke-on-Trent	15.0 km	28.4
Kidsgrove	14.1 km	16.4
Newcastle-under-Lyme	16.8 km	12.9
Leek	–	9.4
Werrington	9.6 km	6.8
Biddulph	9.2 km	4.7
Buxton	18.6 km	3.7
Cheadle	13.5 km	3.4
Alsager	17.7 km	2.1
Blythe Bridge and Forsbrook	15.3 km	1.9
Congleton	13.9 km	1.5
The typical town	–	5.7