Crap Towns / Jaywick / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Jaywick?

There were 13.1 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Jaywick from April 2023 to March 2026, 2.3 times the typical town's 5.7. The most common were other outdoor fires, at 6.6. In 2025/26 it was 9.8, down from 13.8 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	13.8	5.2
2024/25	15.8	5.4
2025/26	9.8	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Other outdoor fires	6.6	1.5
Bins and rubbish set on fire	3.3	1.9
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	3.3	1.7

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Jaywick	–	13.1
Clacton-on-Sea	3.1 km	12.7
Berechurch	17.2 km	6.7
Walton-on-the-Naze	12.7 km	6.2
Colchester	19.1 km	4.3
Harwich	19.7 km	3.5
Felixstowe	24.7 km	2.2
Brightlingsea	7.1 km	1.9
West Mersea	13.0 km	1.4
Kirby Cross	10.5 km	1.0
Wivenhoe	13.9 km	0.6
The typical town	–	5.7