Crap Towns / Eston / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Eston?

There were 161 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Eston from April 2023 to March 2026, 28.2 times the typical town's 5.7. The most common were bins and rubbish set on fire, at 94.5. In 2025/26 it was 242, up from 90.8 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	90.8	5.2
2024/25	150	5.4
2025/26	242	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Bins and rubbish set on fire	94.5	1.9
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	57.1	1.7
Other outdoor fires	9.4	1.5

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Eston	–	161
Redcar	6.7 km	73.6
Middlesbrough	4.3 km	72.4
Stockton-on-Tees	11.2 km	54.4
Thornaby-on-Tees	9.0 km	52.0
Skelton	11.4 km	51.1
Billingham	8.4 km	47.9
Guisborough	7.3 km	35.8
Saltburn-by-the-Sea	11.2 km	32.4
Marske-by-the-Sea	8.9 km	31.3
Ingleby Barwick	11.8 km	10.0
The typical town	–	5.7