Crap Towns / Kesgrave / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Kesgrave?

There were 1.4 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Kesgrave from April 2023 to March 2026, 75% lower than the typical town's 5.7. The most common were grass, woods and crops set on fire, at 0.9. In 2025/26 it was 1.9, up from 1.8 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	1.8	5.2
2024/25	0.4	5.4
2025/26	1.9	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	0.9	1.7
Other outdoor fires	0.3	1.5
Bins and rubbish set on fire	0.2	1.9

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Walton-on-the-Naze	24.0 km	6.2
Leiston	28.3 km	3.6
Ipswich	6.2 km	3.6
Harwich	14.7 km	3.5
Felixstowe	12.9 km	2.2
Stowmarket	21.4 km	2.0
Hadleigh	19.0 km	1.9
Kesgrave	–	1.4
Needham Market	16.5 km	1.3
Woodbridge	6.0 km	1.3
Kirby Cross	24.3 km	1.0
The typical town	–	5.7