Crap Towns / New Rossington and Rossington / Deliberate fires

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

There were 31.9 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in New Rossington and Rossington from April 2023 to March 2026, 5.6 times the typical town's 5.7. The most common were grass, woods and crops set on fire, at 16.3. In 2025/26 it was 54.6, up from 20.1 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	20.1	5.2
2024/25	20.9	5.4
2025/26	54.6	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	16.3	1.7
Bins and rubbish set on fire	10.1	1.9
Other outdoor fires	5.5	1.5

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Bentley	8.8 km	50.8
Maltby	9.0 km	49.8
Warmsworth	7.4 km	37.9
New Rossington and Rossington	–	31.9
Doncaster	5.2 km	30.7
Harworth and Bircotes	5.7 km	26.6
Finningley	5.0 km	25.2
Scawthorpe and Cusworth	10.1 km	23.1
Armthorpe	7.7 km	22.9
Kirk Sandall and Edenthorpe	9.9 km	11.7
Sprotbrough	8.7 km	10.2
The typical town	–	5.7