Crap Towns / Rushden / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Rushden?

There were 14.6 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Rushden from April 2023 to March 2026, 2.6 times the typical town's 5.7. The most common were other outdoor fires, at 6.0. In 2025/26 it was 10.1, down from 24.9 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	24.9	5.2
2024/25	8.8	5.4
2025/26	10.1	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Other outdoor fires	6.0	1.5
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	5.2	1.7
Bins and rubbish set on fire	3.5	1.9

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Higham Ferrers	2.2 km	20.8
Rushden	–	14.6
Irthlingborough	4.4 km	12.9
Burton Latimer	10.2 km	7.7
Kettering	14.9 km	7.0
Raunds	7.2 km	6.3
Wellingborough	7.3 km	5.9
Bedford	19.2 km	5.6
Earls Barton	10.7 km	3.2
Olney	16.5 km	1.8
Thrapston	12.8 km	0.5
The typical town	–	5.7