Crap Towns / Redcar / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Redcar?

There were 73.6 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Redcar from April 2023 to March 2026, 12.9 times the typical town's 5.7. The most common were bins and rubbish set on fire, at 42.6. In 2025/26 it was 76.3, up from 47.5 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	47.5	5.2
2024/25	97.1	5.4
2025/26	76.3	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Bins and rubbish set on fire	42.6	1.9
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	27.0	1.7
Other outdoor fires	4.0	1.5

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Eston	6.7 km	161
Redcar	–	73.6
Hartlepool	12.5 km	73.2
Middlesbrough	10.9 km	72.4
Thornaby-on-Tees	15.1 km	52.0
Skelton	8.2 km	51.1
Billingham	12.6 km	47.9
Guisborough	8.4 km	35.8
Brotton	9.8 km	34.6
Saltburn-by-the-Sea	6.9 km	32.4
Marske-by-the-Sea	3.8 km	31.3
The typical town	–	5.7