Crap Towns / Wombwell / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Wombwell?

There were 47.4 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Wombwell from April 2023 to March 2026, 8.3 times the typical town's 5.7. The most common were grass, woods and crops set on fire, at 25.5. In 2025/26 it was 83.1, up from 26.7 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	26.7	5.2
2024/25	32.5	5.4
2025/26	83.1	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	25.5	1.7
Bins and rubbish set on fire	17.5	1.9
Other outdoor fires	4.4	1.5

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Goldthorpe	6.3 km	107
Grimethorpe	6.1 km	66.3
Thurnscoe	6.7 km	54.1
Wombwell	–	47.4
Barnsley	5.8 km	34.2
Worsbrough	4.3 km	33.1
Cudworth and Shafton	7.0 km	30.2
Bolton upon Dearne	5.7 km	27.9
Darfield	2.2 km	27.6
Hoyland	3.4 km	16.2
Wath upon Dearne	4.9 km	15.3
The typical town	–	5.7