Crap Towns / Stocksbridge / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Stocksbridge?

There were 8.7 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Stocksbridge from April 2023 to March 2026, 1.5 times the typical town's 5.7. The most common were bins and rubbish set on fire, at 7.0. In 2025/26 it was 8.5, down from 10.1 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	10.1	5.2
2024/25	7.4	5.4
2025/26	8.5	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Bins and rubbish set on fire	7.0	1.9
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	0.8	1.7
Other outdoor fires	0.8	1.5

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Barnsley	12.4 km	34.2
Worsbrough	10.4 km	33.1
Hoyland	10.5 km	16.2
Dodworth	8.7 km	16.2
Ecclesfield and Grenoside	9.6 km	14.2
Darton	13.3 km	11.3
Deepcar	1.3 km	9.6
Stocksbridge	–	8.7
Chapeltown and High Green	8.0 km	7.7
Barugh Green and Redbrook	10.9 km	4.9
Penistone	5.3 km	2.2
The typical town	–	5.7