Crap Towns / Blaydon / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Blaydon?

There were 51.7 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Blaydon from April 2023 to March 2026, 9.1 times the typical town's 5.7. The most common were bins and rubbish set on fire, at 30.2. In 2025/26 it was 82.4, up from 18.9 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	18.9	5.2
2024/25	53.9	5.4
2025/26	82.4	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Bins and rubbish set on fire	30.2	1.9
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	17.9	1.7
Other outdoor fires	3.6	1.5

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Throckley	5.3 km	58.5
Blaydon	–	51.7
Rowlands Gill	5.5 km	38.8
Newcastle upon Tyne	5.9 km	34.9
Gateshead	8.3 km	34.7
Ryton	3.2 km	31.8
Birtley	10.5 km	28.6
Prudhoe	9.2 km	23.0
Whickham	2.2 km	22.4
Crawcrook and Greenside	5.1 km	11.3
Ponteland	9.8 km	5.5
The typical town	–	5.7