Crap Towns / Hexham / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Hexham?

There were 10.5 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Hexham from April 2023 to March 2026, 1.8 times the typical town's 5.7. The most common were bins and rubbish set on fire, at 6.9. In 2025/26 it was 26.9, up from 2.7 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	2.7	5.2
2024/25	1.8	5.4
2025/26	26.9	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Bins and rubbish set on fire	6.9	1.9
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	2.1	1.7
Other outdoor fires	1.5	1.5

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Annfield Plain	26.3 km	62.1
Throckley	22.2 km	58.5
Blaydon	25.5 km	51.7
Rowlands Gill	22.9 km	38.8
Ryton	22.5 km	31.8
Prudhoe	16.3 km	23.0
Whickham	27.1 km	22.4
Consett	21.4 km	16.9
Crawcrook and Greenside	20.4 km	11.3
Hexham	–	10.5
Ponteland	23.3 km	5.5
The typical town	–	5.7