Crap Towns / North Wingfield and Holmewood / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in North Wingfield and Holmewood?

There were 10.3 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in North Wingfield and Holmewood from April 2023 to March 2026, 1.8 times the typical town's 5.7. The most common were other outdoor fires, at 4.6. In 2025/26 it was 14.7, up from 12.2 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	12.2	5.2
2024/25	4.1	5.4
2025/26	14.7	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Other outdoor fires	4.6	1.5
Bins and rubbish set on fire	3.7	1.9
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	2.0	1.7

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Huthwaite	8.0 km	14.5
Shirebrook	10.0 km	10.4
North Wingfield and Holmewood	–	10.3
Staveley	8.1 km	8.7
Sutton in Ashfield	9.9 km	7.6
Clay Cross	3.9 km	7.3
Chesterfield	7.6 km	7.1
Bolsover	6.7 km	5.6
South Normanton and Pinxton	10.2 km	3.0
Brimington	7.8 km	2.5
Wingerworth	4.5 km	1.6
The typical town	–	5.7