Crap Towns / Marple / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Marple?

There were 10.3 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Marple from April 2023 to March 2026, 1.8 times the typical town's 5.7. The most common were bins and rubbish set on fire, at 4.8. In 2025/26 it was 19.5, up from 2.3 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	2.3	5.2
2024/25	9.1	5.4
2025/26	19.5	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Bins and rubbish set on fire	4.8	1.9
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	4.4	1.7
Other outdoor fires	1.1	1.5

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Denton	7.0 km	15.5
Bredbury and Woodley	4.3 km	15.4
Stockport	6.2 km	13.2
Hyde	6.4 km	12.4
Hattersley	6.5 km	10.5
Marple	–	10.3
Romiley	2.4 km	4.3
Hazel Grove	3.8 km	3.9
Bramhall	6.9 km	2.1
New Mills	5.7 km	1.4
Poynton	6.1 km	1.3
The typical town	–	5.7