Crap Towns / Corby / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Corby?

There were 12.0 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Corby from April 2023 to March 2026, 2.1 times the typical town's 5.7. The most common were grass, woods and crops set on fire, at 5.4. In 2025/26 it was 13.7, up from 11.2 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	11.2	5.2
2024/25	11.2	5.4
2025/26	13.7	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	5.4	1.7
Other outdoor fires	3.7	1.5
Bins and rubbish set on fire	2.9	1.9

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Irthlingborough	18.9 km	12.9
Corby	–	12.0
Rothwell	11.1 km	10.1
Burton Latimer	14.1 km	7.7
Kettering	10.6 km	7.0
Raunds	19.2 km	6.3
Desborough	10.4 km	5.9
Market Harborough	15.9 km	1.8
Oakham	20.3 km	1.4
Oundle	14.7 km	1.1
Thrapston	15.3 km	0.5
The typical town	–	5.7