Crap Towns / Eye / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Eye?

There were 5.9 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Eye from April 2023 to March 2026, about the same as the typical town's 5.7. The most common were bins and rubbish set on fire, at 3.1. In 2025/26 it was 5.6, down from 10.2 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	10.2	5.2
2024/25	1.9	5.4
2025/26	5.6	6.4

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

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Eye	–	5.9
Peterborough	6.6 km	5.5
March	19.8 km	4.2
Ramsey	18.9 km	4.2
Yaxley	11.7 km	3.1
Whittlesey	7.7 km	2.2
Spalding	18.8 km	2.1
Sawtry	20.5 km	1.3
Stamford	20.5 km	1.1
Deeping St James	9.6 km	0.9
Market Deeping	11.6 km	0.9
The typical town	–	5.7