Crap Towns / Stoke-on-Trent / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Stoke-on-Trent?

There were 28.4 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Stoke-on-Trent from April 2023 to March 2026, 5.0 times the typical town's 5.7. The most common were bins and rubbish set on fire, at 15.6. In 2025/26 it was 32.1, up from 23.8 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	23.8	5.2
2024/25	29.2	5.4
2025/26	32.1	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Bins and rubbish set on fire	15.6	1.9
Other outdoor fires	9.8	1.5
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	3.0	1.7

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Stoke-on-Trent	–	28.4
Kidsgrove	12.5 km	16.4
Newcastle-under-Lyme	7.3 km	12.9
Leek	15.0 km	9.4
Werrington	5.6 km	6.8
Biddulph	13.7 km	4.7
Cheadle	10.6 km	3.4
Alsager	15.5 km	2.1
Blythe Bridge and Forsbrook	6.1 km	1.9
Stone	10.3 km	1.9
Congleton	20.2 km	1.5
The typical town	–	5.7