Crap Towns / Newton-le-Willows / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Newton-le-Willows?

There were 11.0 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Newton-le-Willows from April 2023 to March 2026, 1.9 times the typical town's 5.7. The most common were grass, woods and crops set on fire, at 4.1. In 2025/26 it was 13.1, up from 10.4 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	10.4	5.2
2024/25	9.6	5.4
2025/26	13.1	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	4.1	1.7
Bins and rubbish set on fire	4.0	1.9
Other outdoor fires	2.9	1.5

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Platt Bridge and Abram	7.7 km	54.2
Leigh	8.4 km	41.5
St Helens	7.1 km	34.2
Ince-in-Makerfield	9.5 km	34.0
Haydock	3.3 km	23.6
Newton-le-Willows	–	11.0
Golborne	4.2 km	10.4
Hindley	9.9 km	10.0
Ashton-in-Makerfield	4.5 km	6.3
Culcheth	7.1 km	5.7
Warrington	7.7 km	5.6
The typical town	–	5.7