Crap Towns / Worsbrough / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Worsbrough?

There were 33.1 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Worsbrough from April 2023 to March 2026, 5.8 times the typical town's 5.7. The most common were bins and rubbish set on fire, at 14.5. In 2025/26 it was 36.4, up from 30.9 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	30.9	5.2
2024/25	31.9	5.4
2025/26	36.4	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Bins and rubbish set on fire	14.5	1.9
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	13.6	1.7
Other outdoor fires	5.0	1.5

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Grimethorpe	7.5 km	66.3
Wombwell	4.3 km	47.4
Royston	7.5 km	42.5
Barnsley	3.1 km	34.2
Worsbrough	–	33.1
Cudworth and Shafton	6.9 km	30.2
Darfield	5.8 km	27.6
Hoyland	3.7 km	16.2
Dodworth	4.1 km	16.2
Darton	7.1 km	11.3
Barugh Green and Redbrook	5.1 km	4.9
The typical town	–	5.7