Crap Towns / Hetton-le-Hole / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Hetton-le-Hole?

There were 71.2 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Hetton-le-Hole from April 2023 to March 2026, 12.5 times the typical town's 5.7. The most common were bins and rubbish set on fire, at 49.1. In 2025/26 it was 76.0, up from 58.6 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	58.6	5.2
2024/25	78.9	5.4
2025/26	76.0	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Bins and rubbish set on fire	49.1	1.9
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	18.2	1.7
Other outdoor fires	3.8	1.5

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Peterlee	9.4 km	80.6
Murton	4.7 km	76.5
Hetton-le-Hole	–	71.2
Houghton-le-Spring	2.7 km	61.0
Easington	8.6 km	60.2
Seaham	6.9 km	57.2
Sunderland	10.0 km	47.0
Shiney Row and Penshaw	5.7 km	42.1
Fence Houses	4.1 km	35.9
Chester-le-Street	9.0 km	34.5
Durham	8.5 km	14.4
The typical town	–	5.7