Crap Towns / Thornton / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Thornton?

There were 23.6 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Thornton from April 2023 to March 2026, 4.1 times the typical town's 5.7. The most common were grass, woods and crops set on fire, at 10.8. In 2025/26 it was 27.7, up from 19.9 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	19.9	5.2
2024/25	23.1	5.4
2025/26	27.7	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	10.8	1.7
Bins and rubbish set on fire	10.4	1.9
Other outdoor fires	2.3	1.5

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Bradford	5.3 km	38.4
Keighley	9.6 km	33.3
Shipley	6.8 km	23.8
Thornton	–	23.6
Halifax	7.5 km	23.2
Baildon	7.7 km	21.3
Brighouse	10.4 km	12.3
Queensbury	2.9 km	10.2
Bingley	7.0 km	7.6
Shelf and Northowram	5.6 km	6.6
Haworth	8.2 km	6.5
The typical town	–	5.7