Crap Towns / Crawcrook and Greenside / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Crawcrook and Greenside?

There were 11.3 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Crawcrook and Greenside from April 2023 to March 2026, 2.0 times the typical town's 5.7. The most common were grass, woods and crops set on fire, at 7.3. In 2025/26 it was 10.8, up from 7.6 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	7.6	5.2
2024/25	15.4	5.4
2025/26	10.8	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	7.3	1.7
Bins and rubbish set on fire	3.1	1.9
Other outdoor fires	0.9	1.5

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Stanley	12.1 km	72.3
Annfield Plain	11.4 km	62.1
Throckley	4.4 km	58.5
Blaydon	5.1 km	51.7
Rowlands Gill	4.7 km	38.8
Newcastle upon Tyne	10.1 km	34.9
Ryton	2.6 km	31.8
Prudhoe	4.1 km	23.0
Whickham	6.8 km	22.4
Crawcrook and Greenside	–	11.3
Ponteland	9.3 km	5.5
The typical town	–	5.7