Crap Towns / Stainforth / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Stainforth?

There were 60.2 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Stainforth from April 2023 to March 2026, 10.6 times the typical town's 5.7. The most common were bins and rubbish set on fire, at 31.0. In 2025/26 it was 90.9, up from 46.7 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	46.7	5.2
2024/25	43.2	5.4
2025/26	90.9	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Bins and rubbish set on fire	31.0	1.9
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	15.6	1.7
Other outdoor fires	13.6	1.5

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Askern	8.7 km	72.3
Stainforth	–	60.2
Bentley	10.4 km	50.8
Adwick le Street	11.4 km	50.5
Dunscroft and Hatfield	2.6 km	44.3
Doncaster	10.6 km	30.7
Scawthorpe and Cusworth	11.5 km	23.1
Armthorpe	6.8 km	22.9
Thorne	4.4 km	16.7
Moorends	6.4 km	14.9
Kirk Sandall and Edenthorpe	5.2 km	11.7
The typical town	–	5.7