Crap Towns / Scunthorpe / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Scunthorpe?

There were 17.9 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Scunthorpe from April 2023 to March 2026, 3.1 times the typical town's 5.7. The most common were bins and rubbish set on fire, at 9.6. In 2025/26 it was 20.7, up from 16.1 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	16.1	5.2
2024/25	16.8	5.4
2025/26	20.7	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Bins and rubbish set on fire	9.6	1.9
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	6.5	1.7
Other outdoor fires	1.8	1.5

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Dunscroft and Hatfield	24.1 km	44.3
Gainsborough	21.7 km	34.9
Barton-upon-Humber	18.0 km	21.2
Scunthorpe	–	17.9
Thorne	21.3 km	16.7
Moorends	20.6 km	14.9
Willerby and Anlaby	23.2 km	11.8
Hessle	20.8 km	9.5
Goole	20.5 km	8.1
Brigg	11.0 km	5.9
Brough	17.1 km	3.5
The typical town	–	5.7