Crap Towns / Swinton / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Swinton?

There were 11.4 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Swinton from April 2023 to March 2026, 2.0 times the typical town's 5.7. The most common were grass, woods and crops set on fire, at 5.6. In 2025/26 it was 8.7, down from 13.2 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	13.2	5.2
2024/25	12.4	5.4
2025/26	8.7	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	5.6	1.7
Bins and rubbish set on fire	3.7	1.9
Other outdoor fires	2.2	1.5

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Goldthorpe	5.2 km	107
Thurnscoe	6.8 km	54.1
Rotherham	6.5 km	33.3
Bolton upon Dearne	4.0 km	27.9
Mexborough	2.3 km	27.6
Thrybergh and Dalton	4.0 km	25.5
Conisbrough	5.5 km	20.6
Rawmarsh	3.2 km	15.9
Wath upon Dearne	2.6 km	15.3
Swinton	–	11.4
Wickersley and Bramley	6.9 km	8.5
The typical town	–	5.7