Crap Towns / Wallasey / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Wallasey?

There were 13.5 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Wallasey from April 2023 to March 2026, 2.4 times the typical town's 5.7. The most common were bins and rubbish set on fire, at 6.6. In 2025/26 it was 15.2, up from 10.9 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	10.9	5.2
2024/25	14.5	5.4
2025/26	15.2	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Bins and rubbish set on fire	6.6	1.9
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	3.9	1.7
Other outdoor fires	3.1	1.5

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Birkenhead	3.6 km	26.4
Liverpool	9.1 km	20.0
Bootle	6.0 km	19.1
Crosby	8.3 km	13.9
Wallasey	–	13.5
Litherland	7.6 km	13.1
Hoylake	9.2 km	12.7
Bebington	9.3 km	8.1
West Kirby	9.1 km	7.7
Meols	6.8 km	3.2
Greasby	6.5 km	1.8
The typical town	–	5.7