Crap Towns / Great Yarmouth / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Great Yarmouth?

There were 14.0 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Great Yarmouth from April 2023 to March 2026, 2.5 times the typical town's 5.7. The most common were other outdoor fires, at 6.5. In 2025/26 it was 17.1, up from 14.7 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	14.7	5.2
2024/25	10.1	5.4
2025/26	17.1	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Other outdoor fires	6.5	1.5
Bins and rubbish set on fire	5.5	1.9
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	2.0	1.7

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Great Yarmouth	–	14.0
Lowestoft	14.2 km	7.3
Bradwell	3.1 km	6.9
Norwich	30.5 km	6.9
Gorleston-on-Sea	3.4 km	6.6
Hemsby	11.4 km	6.1
Poringland	26.7 km	5.5
Caister-on-Sea	5.2 km	4.1
Bungay	25.5 km	3.3
Beccles	19.8 km	3.3
North Walsham	33.7 km	1.8
The typical town	–	5.7