Crap Towns / Boldon Colliery / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Boldon Colliery?

There were 57.6 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Boldon Colliery from April 2023 to March 2026, 10.1 times the typical town's 5.7. The most common were bins and rubbish set on fire, at 28.1. In 2025/26 it was 66.5, up from 41.3 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	41.3	5.2
2024/25	64.9	5.4
2025/26	66.5	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Bins and rubbish set on fire	28.1	1.9
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	27.3	1.7
Other outdoor fires	2.2	1.5

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Jarrow	2.4 km	59.4
Boldon Colliery	–	57.6
East Boldon and West Boldon	1.5 km	48.2
Sunderland	6.2 km	47.0
South Shields	3.9 km	43.7
Washington	6.2 km	39.8
Hebburn	4.3 km	36.2
Gateshead	7.6 km	34.7
Tynemouth	7.1 km	33.4
Wallsend	6.7 km	26.8
Whitburn	6.1 km	16.7
The typical town	–	5.7