Crap Towns / Yeadon / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Yeadon?

There were 10.8 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Yeadon from April 2023 to March 2026, 1.9 times the typical town's 5.7. The most common were other outdoor fires, at 4.0. In 2025/26 it was 10.8, the same as in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	10.8	5.2
2024/25	10.9	5.4
2025/26	10.8	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Other outdoor fires	4.0	1.5
Bins and rubbish set on fire	3.4	1.9
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	3.4	1.7

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Bradford	10.5 km	38.4
Shipley	7.7 km	23.8
Leeds	10.2 km	23.6
Baildon	7.4 km	21.3
Pudsey	7.3 km	13.3
Yeadon	–	10.8
Guiseley	3.0 km	6.2
Otley	4.7 km	5.7
Menston	5.2 km	2.6
Rawdon	2.3 km	2.5
Burley in Wharfedale	7.1 km	1.9
The typical town	–	5.7