Crap Towns / Higham Ferrers / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Higham Ferrers?

There were 20.8 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Higham Ferrers from April 2023 to March 2026, 3.6 times the typical town's 5.7. The most common were grass, woods and crops set on fire, at 9.7. In 2025/26 it was 9.7, down from 37.8 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	37.8	5.2
2024/25	14.9	5.4
2025/26	9.7	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	9.7	1.7
Bins and rubbish set on fire	6.5	1.9
Other outdoor fires	4.6	1.5

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Higham Ferrers	–	20.8
Rushden	2.2 km	14.6
Irthlingborough	2.5 km	12.9
Rothwell	19.3 km	10.1
Burton Latimer	8.6 km	7.7
Kettering	13.3 km	7.0
Raunds	5.2 km	6.3
Wellingborough	7.4 km	5.9
Earls Barton	11.7 km	3.2
Olney	18.6 km	1.8
Thrapston	10.7 km	0.5
The typical town	–	5.7