Crap Towns / Prescot / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Prescot?

There were 16.3 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Prescot from April 2023 to March 2026, 2.9 times the typical town's 5.7. The most common were bins and rubbish set on fire, at 7.6. In 2025/26 it was 11.5, down from 20.5 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	20.5	5.2
2024/25	17.0	5.4
2025/26	11.5	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Bins and rubbish set on fire	7.6	1.9
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	4.5	1.7
Other outdoor fires	4.3	1.5

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
St Helens	4.7 km	34.2
Kirkby	9.3 km	25.0
Haydock	9.7 km	23.6
Huyton with Roby	4.4 km	22.3
Liverpool	8.9 km	20.0
Widnes	6.3 km	17.0
Prescot	–	16.3
Runcorn	11.9 km	15.3
Aintree	12.5 km	12.8
Newton-le-Willows	11.2 km	11.0
Rainford	9.6 km	9.2
The typical town	–	5.7