Crap Towns / Newcastle-under-Lyme / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Newcastle-under-Lyme?

There were 12.9 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Newcastle-under-Lyme from April 2023 to March 2026, 2.3 times the typical town's 5.7. The most common were bins and rubbish set on fire, at 7.5. In 2025/26 it was 19.2, up from 10.1 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	10.1	5.2
2024/25	9.4	5.4
2025/26	19.2	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Bins and rubbish set on fire	7.5	1.9
Other outdoor fires	4.1	1.5
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	1.3	1.7

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Stoke-on-Trent	7.3 km	28.4
Kidsgrove	7.2 km	16.4
Newcastle-under-Lyme	–	12.9
Werrington	10.1 km	6.8
Crewe	15.9 km	5.6
Biddulph	11.1 km	4.7
Sandbach	15.8 km	3.3
Alsager	9.0 km	2.1
Blythe Bridge and Forsbrook	13.4 km	1.9
Stone	15.5 km	1.9
Haslington	13.3 km	0.6
The typical town	–	5.7