Crap Towns / Alnwick / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Alnwick?

There were 22.3 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Alnwick from April 2023 to March 2026, 3.9 times the typical town's 5.7. The most common were bins and rubbish set on fire, at 14.2. In 2025/26 it was 18.9, up from 11.9 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	11.9	5.2
2024/25	36.1	5.4
2025/26	18.9	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Bins and rubbish set on fire	14.2	1.9
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	6.5	1.7
Other outdoor fires	1.6	1.5

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Newbiggin-by-the-Sea	27.3 km	67.2
Bedlington	31.1 km	33.5
Blyth	33.7 km	28.8
Ashington	27.0 km	27.2
Cramlington	36.1 km	22.7
Alnwick	–	22.3
Seaton Delaval	39.3 km	17.1
Stakeford	28.1 km	15.5
Amble	11.5 km	14.8
Wideopen	40.4 km	12.0
Morpeth	26.8 km	8.1
The typical town	–	5.7