Crap Towns / South Elmsall / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in South Elmsall?

There were 31.2 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in South Elmsall from April 2023 to March 2026, 5.5 times the typical town's 5.7. The most common were bins and rubbish set on fire, at 12.7. In 2025/26 it was 32.8, up from 30.1 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	30.1	5.2
2024/25	30.7	5.4
2025/26	32.8	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Bins and rubbish set on fire	12.7	1.9
Other outdoor fires	12.2	1.5
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	6.4	1.7

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Goldthorpe	7.7 km	107
Askern	8.8 km	72.3
Grimethorpe	7.0 km	66.3
Thurnscoe	6.1 km	54.1
Adwick le Street	6.5 km	50.5
South Kirkby	2.7 km	33.6
South Elmsall	–	31.2
Cudworth and Shafton	8.9 km	30.2
Upton	2.1 km	24.6
Hemsworth	4.9 km	23.4
Ackworth Moor Top	6.2 km	6.4
The typical town	–	5.7