Crap Towns / Prudhoe / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Prudhoe?

There were 23.0 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Prudhoe from April 2023 to March 2026, 4.0 times the typical town's 5.7. The most common were grass, woods and crops set on fire, at 14.8. In 2025/26 it was 37.5, up from 9.5 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	9.5	5.2
2024/25	22.1	5.4
2025/26	37.5	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	14.8	1.7
Bins and rubbish set on fire	5.4	1.9
Other outdoor fires	2.8	1.5

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Annfield Plain	13.1 km	62.1
Throckley	7.0 km	58.5
Blaydon	9.2 km	51.7
Rowlands Gill	7.4 km	38.8
Newcastle upon Tyne	13.9 km	34.9
Ryton	6.4 km	31.8
Prudhoe	–	23.0
Whickham	10.8 km	22.4
Consett	12.2 km	16.9
Crawcrook and Greenside	4.1 km	11.3
Ponteland	10.7 km	5.5
The typical town	–	5.7