Crap Towns / Brotton / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Brotton?

There were 34.6 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Brotton from April 2023 to March 2026, 6.1 times the typical town's 5.7. The most common were bins and rubbish set on fire, at 19.8. In 2025/26 it was 40.8, up from 29.6 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	29.6	5.2
2024/25	33.3	5.4
2025/26	40.8	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Bins and rubbish set on fire	19.8	1.9
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	13.0	1.7
Other outdoor fires	1.9	1.5

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Eston	13.8 km	161
Redcar	9.8 km	73.6
Hartlepool	22.0 km	73.2
Middlesbrough	17.8 km	72.4
Thornaby-on-Tees	22.7 km	52.0
Skelton	2.5 km	51.1
Billingham	21.6 km	47.9
Guisborough	8.6 km	35.8
Brotton	–	34.6
Saltburn-by-the-Sea	2.9 km	32.4
Marske-by-the-Sea	6.0 km	31.3
The typical town	–	5.7