Crap Towns / Hartlepool / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Hartlepool?

There were 73.2 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Hartlepool from April 2023 to March 2026, 12.8 times the typical town's 5.7. The most common were bins and rubbish set on fire, at 51.8. In 2025/26 it was 64.9, down from 73.3 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	73.3	5.2
2024/25	81.2	5.4
2025/26	64.9	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Bins and rubbish set on fire	51.8	1.9
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	17.8	1.7
Other outdoor fires	3.6	1.5

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Eston	13.8 km	161
Peterlee	12.0 km	80.6
Redcar	12.5 km	73.6
Hartlepool	–	73.2
Middlesbrough	15.0 km	72.4
Horden	11.0 km	70.5
Wingate	11.4 km	67.5
Easington	13.7 km	60.2
Stockton-on-Tees	14.3 km	54.4
Thornaby-on-Tees	15.5 km	52.0
Billingham	10.2 km	47.9
The typical town	–	5.7