Crap Towns / Runcorn / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Runcorn?

There were 15.3 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Runcorn from April 2023 to March 2026, 2.7 times the typical town's 5.7. The most common were bins and rubbish set on fire, at 7.8. In 2025/26 it was 10.7, down from 23.9 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	23.9	5.2
2024/25	11.2	5.4
2025/26	10.7	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Bins and rubbish set on fire	7.8	1.9
Other outdoor fires	3.8	1.5
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	3.7	1.7

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Frodsham	4.8 km	19.0
Widnes	5.6 km	17.0
Prescot	11.9 km	16.3
Runcorn	–	15.3
Warrington	9.6 km	5.6
Northwich	13.4 km	4.3
Barnton	11.2 km	0.8
Helsby	8.4 km	0.6
Weaverham	10.8 km	0.5
Hartford	13.0 km	0.5
Cuddington	11.4 km	0.0
The typical town	–	5.7