Crap Towns / Skipton / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Skipton?

There were 6.0 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Skipton from April 2023 to March 2026, 5% higher than the typical town's 5.7. The most common were grass, woods and crops set on fire, at 4.0. In 2025/26 it was 4.7, up from 3.3 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	3.3	5.2
2024/25	10.0	5.4
2025/26	4.7	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	4.0	1.7
Other outdoor fires	1.1	1.5
Bins and rubbish set on fire	0.9	1.9

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Keighley	12.3 km	33.3
Colne	15.0 km	19.3
Bingley	17.1 km	7.6
Ilkley	12.6 km	6.9
Haworth	14.7 km	6.5
Silsden	7.4 km	6.3
Steeton	8.0 km	6.3
Skipton	–	6.0
Barnoldswick	11.9 km	5.4
Barrowford	17.9 km	4.3
Burley in Wharfedale	18.3 km	1.9
The typical town	–	5.7