Crap Towns / Horden / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Horden?

There were 70.5 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Horden from April 2023 to March 2026, 12.4 times the typical town's 5.7. The most common were bins and rubbish set on fire, at 39.1. In 2025/26 it was 101, up from 47.1 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	47.1	5.2
2024/25	63.3	5.4
2025/26	101	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Bins and rubbish set on fire	39.1	1.9
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	23.0	1.7
Other outdoor fires	8.5	1.5

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Peterlee	2.2 km	80.6
Murton	7.1 km	76.5
Hartlepool	11.0 km	73.2
Hetton-le-Hole	10.7 km	71.2
Horden	–	70.5
Wingate	5.3 km	67.5
Houghton-le-Spring	13.2 km	61.0
Easington	2.7 km	60.2
Seaham	8.3 km	57.2
Shiney Row and Penshaw	15.7 km	42.1
Fence Houses	14.8 km	35.9
The typical town	–	5.7