Crap Towns / Nantwich / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Nantwich?

There were 0.9 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Nantwich from April 2023 to March 2026, 84% lower than the typical town's 5.7. The most common were bins and rubbish set on fire, at 0.5. In 2025/26 it was 0.3, down from 1.6 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	1.6	5.2
2024/25	0.8	5.4
2025/26	0.3	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Bins and rubbish set on fire	0.5	1.9
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	0.3	1.7
Other outdoor fires	0.1	1.5

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Winsford	13.7 km	32.3
Crewe	5.5 km	5.6
Middlewich	14.6 km	4.4
Market Drayton	17.8 km	3.6
Sandbach	13.3 km	3.3
Alsager	15.0 km	2.1
Whitchurch	15.7 km	2.0
Nantwich	–	0.9
Haslington	9.0 km	0.6
Elworth	12.1 km	0.0
Holmes Chapel	18.4 km	0.0
The typical town	–	5.7