Crap Towns / Padiham / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Padiham?

There were 14.0 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Padiham from April 2023 to March 2026, 2.5 times the typical town's 5.7. The most common were bins and rubbish set on fire, at 11.1. In 2025/26 it was 7.4, down from 8.2 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	8.2	5.2
2024/25	26.5	5.4
2025/26	7.4	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Bins and rubbish set on fire	11.1	1.9
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	1.9	1.7
Other outdoor fires	1.0	1.5

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Church	7.2 km	36.6
Clayton-le-Moors	5.3 km	28.1
Burnley	5.1 km	23.4
Oswaldtwistle	8.7 km	22.7
Rishton	7.8 km	22.1
Accrington	6.5 km	18.9
Padiham	–	14.0
Nelson	8.0 km	10.5
Great Harwood	6.4 km	8.2
Brierfield	6.0 km	6.1
Barrowford	8.3 km	4.3
The typical town	–	5.7