Crap Towns / Platt Bridge and Abram / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Platt Bridge and Abram?

There were 54.2 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Platt Bridge and Abram from April 2023 to March 2026, 9.5 times the typical town's 5.7. The most common were bins and rubbish set on fire, at 45.7. In 2025/26 it was 44.0, down from 73.9 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	73.9	5.2
2024/25	44.6	5.4
2025/26	44.0	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Bins and rubbish set on fire	45.7	1.9
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	4.7	1.7
Other outdoor fires	3.8	1.5

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Platt Bridge and Abram	–	54.2
Leigh	4.7 km	41.5
Ince-in-Makerfield	2.2 km	34.0
Haydock	7.3 km	23.6
Wigan	4.7 km	21.4
Atherton	7.4 km	15.5
Westhoughton	5.9 km	11.2
Newton-le-Willows	7.7 km	11.0
Golborne	5.2 km	10.4
Hindley	2.4 km	10.0
Ashton-in-Makerfield	4.0 km	6.3
The typical town	–	5.7