Crap Towns / New Ollerton and Ollerton / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in New Ollerton and Ollerton?

There were 15.4 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in New Ollerton and Ollerton from April 2023 to March 2026, 2.7 times the typical town's 5.7. The most common were grass, woods and crops set on fire, at 7.1. In 2025/26 it was 20.7, up from 12.0 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	12.0	5.2
2024/25	13.4	5.4
2025/26	20.7	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	7.1	1.7
Bins and rubbish set on fire	5.7	1.9
Other outdoor fires	2.6	1.5

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Worksop	14.3 km	24.4
Mansfield	14.3 km	15.9
New Ollerton and Ollerton	–	15.4
Rainworth	11.5 km	14.5
Shirebrook	14.0 km	10.4
Market Warsop	9.6 km	10.3
Mansfield Woodhouse	12.6 km	10.3
Retford	14.2 km	9.8
Forest Town	10.8 km	9.4
Edwinstowe	3.8 km	3.8
Southwell	14.5 km	3.2
The typical town	–	5.7