Crap Towns / Millom / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Millom?

There were 9.4 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Millom from April 2023 to March 2026, 1.6 times the typical town's 5.7. The most common were other outdoor fires, at 5.9. In 2025/26 it was 7.0, down from 15.8 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	15.8	5.2
2024/25	5.3	5.4
2025/26	7.0	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Other outdoor fires	5.9	1.5
Bins and rubbish set on fire	1.8	1.9
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	1.8	1.7

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Lancaster	35.5 km	18.2
Barrow-in-Furness	10.8 km	14.5
Millom	–	9.4
Fleetwood	36.7 km	9.3
Egremont	34.8 km	8.2
Morecambe	31.8 km	7.7
Heysham	30.6 km	4.9
Bolton-le-Sands	33.0 km	4.3
Ulverston	12.0 km	4.2
Carnforth	34.0 km	3.0
Dalton-in-Furness	8.4 km	2.4
The typical town	–	5.7