Crap Towns / Irthlingborough / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Irthlingborough?

There were 12.9 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Irthlingborough from April 2023 to March 2026, 2.3 times the typical town's 5.7. The most common were grass, woods and crops set on fire, at 6.8. In 2025/26 it was 8.6, down from 21.5 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	21.5	5.2
2024/25	8.6	5.4
2025/26	8.6	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	6.8	1.7
Bins and rubbish set on fire	3.6	1.9
Other outdoor fires	2.5	1.5

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Higham Ferrers	2.5 km	20.8
Rushden	4.4 km	14.6
Irthlingborough	–	12.9
Corby	18.9 km	12.0
Rothwell	17.0 km	10.1
Burton Latimer	6.3 km	7.7
Kettering	10.9 km	7.0
Raunds	5.1 km	6.3
Wellingborough	6.6 km	5.9
Earls Barton	11.6 km	3.2
Thrapston	9.6 km	0.5
The typical town	–	5.7