Crap Towns / Pudsey / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Pudsey?

There were 13.3 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Pudsey from April 2023 to March 2026, 2.3 times the typical town's 5.7. The most common were bins and rubbish set on fire, at 6.4. In 2025/26 it was 16.9, up from 12.8 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	12.8	5.2
2024/25	10.2	5.4
2025/26	16.9	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Bins and rubbish set on fire	6.4	1.9
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	3.5	1.7
Other outdoor fires	3.4	1.5

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Bradford	5.9 km	38.4
Shipley	6.8 km	23.8
Leeds	8.1 km	23.6
Baildon	8.2 km	21.3
Gomersal and Birkenshaw	5.6 km	16.8
Morley	8.2 km	14.0
Pudsey	–	13.3
Yeadon	7.3 km	10.8
Gildersome	6.1 km	10.6
Drighlington	5.5 km	6.9
Rawdon	5.0 km	2.5
The typical town	–	5.7