Crap Towns / Mablethorpe / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Mablethorpe?

There were 8.2 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Mablethorpe from April 2023 to March 2026, 44% higher than the typical town's 5.7. The most common were other outdoor fires, at 3.9. In 2025/26 it was 11.4, up from 8.6 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	8.6	5.2
2024/25	4.7	5.4
2025/26	11.4	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Other outdoor fires	3.9	1.5
Bins and rubbish set on fire	3.1	1.9
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	1.3	1.7

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Grimsby	33.9 km	33.6
Cleethorpes	30.1 km	12.5
Humberston and New Waltham	28.3 km	10.8
Immingham	43.3 km	10.1
Waltham	30.5 km	10.0
Mablethorpe	–	8.2
Skegness	22.5 km	8.0
Sutton on Sea and Trusthorpe	4.9 km	3.4
Coningsby and Tattershall	39.2 km	2.3
Horncastle	28.7 km	1.8
Louth	17.0 km	1.6
The typical town	–	5.7