Crap Towns / Queensbury / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Queensbury?

There were 10.2 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Queensbury from April 2023 to March 2026, 1.8 times the typical town's 5.7. The most common were bins and rubbish set on fire, at 8.3. In 2025/26 it was 10.8, up from 6.9 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	6.9	5.2
2024/25	12.7	5.4
2025/26	10.8	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Bins and rubbish set on fire	8.3	1.9
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	1.0	1.7
Other outdoor fires	0.8	1.5

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Bradford	6.6 km	38.4
Shipley	9.2 km	23.8
Thornton	2.9 km	23.6
Halifax	4.7 km	23.2
Cleckheaton	10.0 km	15.6
Elland	8.9 km	12.5
Brighouse	8.0 km	12.3
Queensbury	–	10.2
Bingley	9.9 km	7.6
Shelf and Northowram	3.1 km	6.6
Haworth	9.8 km	6.5
The typical town	–	5.7