Crap Towns / Thorne / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Thorne?

There were 16.7 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Thorne from April 2023 to March 2026, 2.9 times the typical town's 5.7. The most common were bins and rubbish set on fire, at 9.3. In 2025/26 it was 25.9, up from 10.2 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	10.2	5.2
2024/25	14.0	5.4
2025/26	25.9	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Bins and rubbish set on fire	9.3	1.9
Other outdoor fires	4.1	1.5
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	3.3	1.7

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Askern	12.4 km	72.3
Stainforth	4.4 km	60.2
Bentley	14.8 km	50.8
Dunscroft and Hatfield	5.4 km	44.3
Doncaster	14.5 km	30.7
Finningley	14.8 km	25.2
Armthorpe	10.2 km	22.9
Thorne	–	16.7
Moorends	2.3 km	14.9
Kirk Sandall and Edenthorpe	9.3 km	11.7
Goole	11.7 km	8.1
The typical town	–	5.7