Crap Towns / Mexborough / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Mexborough?

There were 27.6 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Mexborough from April 2023 to March 2026, 4.8 times the typical town's 5.7. The most common were bins and rubbish set on fire, at 15.9. In 2025/26 it was 29.6, up from 21.2 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	21.2	5.2
2024/25	32.1	5.4
2025/26	29.6	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Bins and rubbish set on fire	15.9	1.9
Other outdoor fires	7.1	1.5
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	4.7	1.7

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Goldthorpe	4.0 km	107
Thurnscoe	5.6 km	54.1
Warmsworth	6.7 km	37.9
Bolton upon Dearne	3.3 km	27.9
Mexborough	–	27.6
Thrybergh and Dalton	5.4 km	25.5
Conisbrough	4.1 km	20.6
Rawmarsh	5.5 km	15.9
Wath upon Dearne	3.5 km	15.3
Swinton	2.3 km	11.4
Sprotbrough	6.8 km	10.2
The typical town	–	5.7