Crap Towns / Billingham / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Billingham?

There were 47.9 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Billingham from April 2023 to March 2026, 8.4 times the typical town's 5.7. The most common were bins and rubbish set on fire, at 34.3. In 2025/26 it was 56.0, up from 36.1 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	36.1	5.2
2024/25	51.5	5.4
2025/26	56.0	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Bins and rubbish set on fire	34.3	1.9
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	9.6	1.7
Other outdoor fires	4.0	1.5

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Eston	8.4 km	161
Redcar	12.6 km	73.6
Hartlepool	10.2 km	73.2
Middlesbrough	6.6 km	72.4
Stockton-on-Tees	4.6 km	54.4
Thornaby-on-Tees	5.3 km	52.0
Billingham	–	47.9
Guisborough	15.7 km	35.8
Ingleby Barwick	9.6 km	10.0
Yarm	12.0 km	6.8
Egglescliffe	10.1 km	5.0
The typical town	–	5.7