Crap Towns / Whitworth / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Whitworth?

There were 18.7 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Whitworth from April 2023 to March 2026, 3.3 times the typical town's 5.7. The most common were other outdoor fires, at 10.1. In 2025/26 it was 11.6, down from 32.8 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	32.8	5.2
2024/25	11.8	5.4
2025/26	11.6	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Other outdoor fires	10.1	1.5
Bins and rubbish set on fire	5.2	1.9
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	3.4	1.7

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Bacup	4.7 km	24.9
Milnrow	6.7 km	18.8
Whitworth	–	18.7
Heywood	8.4 km	16.6
Bury	10.2 km	15.1
Littleborough	5.2 km	14.1
Rochdale	4.7 km	13.9
Rawtenstall	8.3 km	8.8
Todmorden	8.0 km	8.3
Shaw	10.0 km	7.8
Ramsbottom	10.1 km	4.5
The typical town	–	5.7