Crap Towns / Ingleby Barwick / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Ingleby Barwick?

There were 10.0 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Ingleby Barwick 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 6.3. In 2025/26 it was 13.5, up from 11.3 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	11.3	5.2
2024/25	5.1	5.4
2025/26	13.5	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Bins and rubbish set on fire	6.3	1.9
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	3.1	1.7
Other outdoor fires	0.6	1.5

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Eston	11.8 km	161
Redcar	18.4 km	73.6
Middlesbrough	7.5 km	72.4
Stockton-on-Tees	6.3 km	54.4
Thornaby-on-Tees	4.3 km	52.0
Billingham	9.6 km	47.9
Darlington	15.5 km	38.3
Guisborough	16.8 km	35.8
Ingleby Barwick	–	10.0
Yarm	2.7 km	6.8
Egglescliffe	2.7 km	5.0
The typical town	–	5.7