Crap Towns / Felixstowe / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Felixstowe?

There were 2.2 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Felixstowe from April 2023 to March 2026, 61% lower than the typical town's 5.7. The most common were bins and rubbish set on fire, at 0.8. In 2025/26 it was 1.2, down from 2.9 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	2.9	5.2
2024/25	2.5	5.4
2025/26	1.2	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Bins and rubbish set on fire	0.8	1.9
Other outdoor fires	0.8	1.5
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	0.6	1.7

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Jaywick	24.7 km	13.1
Clacton-on-Sea	21.7 km	12.7
Walton-on-the-Naze	13.2 km	6.2
Ipswich	16.2 km	3.6
Harwich	5.4 km	3.5
Felixstowe	–	2.2
Brightlingsea	26.3 km	1.9
Hadleigh	26.7 km	1.9
Kesgrave	12.9 km	1.4
Woodbridge	14.9 km	1.3
Kirby Cross	14.6 km	1.0
The typical town	–	5.7