Crap Towns / Malton / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Malton?

There were 9.0 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Malton from April 2023 to March 2026, 1.6 times the typical town's 5.7. The most common were grass, woods and crops set on fire, at 4.2. In 2025/26 it was 11.1, down from 12.7 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	12.7	5.2
2024/25	3.2	5.4
2025/26	11.1	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	4.2	1.7
Other outdoor fires	3.7	1.5
Bins and rubbish set on fire	1.1	1.9

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
York	27.8 km	11.0
Scarborough	28.9 km	10.7
Malton	–	9.0
Huntington	23.9 km	8.3
Driffield	27.9 km	5.1
Strensall	19.2 km	4.4
Pickering	11.9 km	4.1
Norton-on-Derwent	1.4 km	2.2
Pocklington	23.2 km	1.5
Easingwold	25.9 km	1.3
Haxby	22.8 km	1.3
The typical town	–	5.7