Crap Towns / Selby / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Selby?

There were 11.0 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Selby from April 2023 to March 2026, 1.9 times the typical town's 5.7. The most common were grass, woods and crops set on fire, at 4.5. In 2025/26 it was 7.3, up from 5.7 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	5.7	5.2
2024/25	19.9	5.4
2025/26	7.3	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	4.5	1.7
Other outdoor fires	4.1	1.5
Bins and rubbish set on fire	2.4	1.9

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Askern	19.3 km	72.3
Knottingley	15.0 km	39.6
Castleford	18.8 km	22.2
Pontefract	18.7 km	17.3
Thorne	19.9 km	16.7
Moorends	18.5 km	14.9
Sherburn in Elmet	9.9 km	12.1
York	19.7 km	11.0
Selby	–	11.0
Goole	15.2 km	8.1
Tadcaster	17.6 km	5.8
The typical town	–	5.7