Crap Towns / Market Harborough / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Market Harborough?

There were 1.8 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Market Harborough from April 2023 to March 2026, 68% lower than the typical town's 5.7. The most common were other outdoor fires, at 0.8. In 2025/26 it was 3.2, up from 1.5 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	1.5	5.2
2024/25	0.7	5.4
2025/26	3.2	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Other outdoor fires	0.8	1.5
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	0.6	1.7
Bins and rubbish set on fire	0.4	1.9

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Corby	15.9 km	12.0
Rothwell	10.0 km	10.1
Kettering	16.3 km	7.0
Desborough	7.9 km	5.9
Blaby and Whetstone	19.6 km	4.6
Wigston	17.6 km	2.7
Market Harborough	–	1.8
Brixworth	17.0 km	1.4
Countesthorpe	17.6 km	1.2
Kibworth Beauchamp and Kibworth Harcourt	8.7 km	1.0
Oadby	17.0 km	0.8
The typical town	–	5.7