Crap Towns / Amble / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Amble?

There were 14.8 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Amble from April 2023 to March 2026, 2.6 times the typical town's 5.7. The most common were grass, woods and crops set on fire, at 6.8. In 2025/26 it was 13.6, up from 9.7 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	9.7	5.2
2024/25	21.0	5.4
2025/26	13.6	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	6.8	1.7
Bins and rubbish set on fire	6.6	1.9
Other outdoor fires	1.3	1.5

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Newbiggin-by-the-Sea	16.6 km	67.2
Bedlington	21.9 km	33.5
Blyth	23.6 km	28.8
Ashington	17.1 km	27.2
Cramlington	27.1 km	22.7
Alnwick	11.5 km	22.3
Seaton Delaval	29.4 km	17.1
Stakeford	18.7 km	15.5
Amble	–	14.8
Wideopen	31.9 km	12.0
Morpeth	19.7 km	8.1
The typical town	–	5.7