Crap Towns / Leigh / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Leigh?

There were 41.5 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Leigh from April 2023 to March 2026, 7.3 times the typical town's 5.7. The most common were bins and rubbish set on fire, at 29.8. In 2025/26 it was 44.1, up from 38.3 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	38.3	5.2
2024/25	42.1	5.4
2025/26	44.1	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Bins and rubbish set on fire	29.8	1.9
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	10.1	1.7
Other outdoor fires	1.5	1.5

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Platt Bridge and Abram	4.7 km	54.2
Little Hulton	8.2 km	47.0
Leigh	–	41.5
Ince-in-Makerfield	6.4 km	34.0
Atherton	4.2 km	15.5
Tyldesley	4.9 km	11.2
Westhoughton	5.0 km	11.2
Golborne	4.2 km	10.4
Hindley	4.6 km	10.0
Ashton-in-Makerfield	7.0 km	6.3
Culcheth	5.1 km	5.7
The typical town	–	5.7