Crap Towns / Murton / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Murton?

There were 76.5 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Murton from April 2023 to March 2026, 13.4 times the typical town's 5.7. The most common were bins and rubbish set on fire, at 60.8. In 2025/26 it was 83.9, up from 62.5 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	62.5	5.2
2024/25	83.2	5.4
2025/26	83.9	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Bins and rubbish set on fire	60.8	1.9
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	10.6	1.7
Other outdoor fires	5.2	1.5

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Peterlee	6.7 km	80.6
Murton	–	76.5
Hetton-le-Hole	4.7 km	71.2
Horden	7.1 km	70.5
Wingate	9.6 km	67.5
Houghton-le-Spring	6.5 km	61.0
Easington	4.5 km	60.2
Seaham	2.9 km	57.2
Sunderland	9.8 km	47.0
Shiney Row and Penshaw	8.7 km	42.1
Fence Houses	8.3 km	35.9
The typical town	–	5.7