Crap Towns / Pickering / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Pickering?

There were 4.1 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Pickering from April 2023 to March 2026, 28% lower than the typical town's 5.7. The most common were bins and rubbish set on fire, at 2.3. In 2025/26 it was 5.5, up from 2.8 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	2.8	5.2
2024/25	4.1	5.4
2025/26	5.5	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Bins and rubbish set on fire	2.3	1.9
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	0.9	1.7
Other outdoor fires	0.9	1.5

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Scarborough	24.4 km	10.7
Malton	11.9 km	9.0
Whitby	28.0 km	8.5
Huntington	33.8 km	8.3
Driffield	34.7 km	5.1
Strensall	28.6 km	4.4
Pickering	–	4.1
Filey	31.8 km	3.5
Norton-on-Derwent	13.0 km	2.2
Easingwold	30.3 km	1.3
Haxby	32.1 km	1.3
The typical town	–	5.7