Crap Towns / Mossley / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Mossley?

There were 14.0 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Mossley from April 2023 to March 2026, 2.5 times the typical town's 5.7. The most common were bins and rubbish set on fire, at 7.6. In 2025/26 it was 7.8, down from 14.0 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	14.0	5.2
2024/25	20.1	5.4
2025/26	7.8	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Bins and rubbish set on fire	7.6	1.9
Other outdoor fires	5.3	1.5
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	1.2	1.7

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Oldham	4.9 km	24.1
Dukinfield	6.0 km	19.2
Ashton-under-Lyne	4.6 km	14.4
Mossley	–	14.0
Hyde	7.8 km	12.4
Uppermill	3.3 km	11.9
Stalybridge	3.7 km	11.4
Lees	2.8 km	11.2
Hattersley	7.9 km	10.5
Hadfield	7.7 km	10.2
Shaw	7.9 km	7.8
The typical town	–	5.7