Crap Towns / Ryton / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Ryton?

There were 31.8 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Ryton from April 2023 to March 2026, 5.6 times the typical town's 5.7. The most common were grass, woods and crops set on fire, at 17.7. In 2025/26 it was 41.0, up from 26.5 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	26.5	5.2
2024/25	27.9	5.4
2025/26	41.0	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	17.7	1.7
Bins and rubbish set on fire	11.1	1.9
Other outdoor fires	2.9	1.5

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Throckley	2.7 km	58.5
Blaydon	3.2 km	51.7
Rowlands Gill	5.7 km	38.8
Newcastle upon Tyne	7.6 km	34.9
Gateshead	11.5 km	34.7
Ryton	–	31.8
Prudhoe	6.4 km	23.0
Whickham	5.4 km	22.4
Wideopen	11.3 km	12.0
Crawcrook and Greenside	2.6 km	11.3
Ponteland	7.8 km	5.5
The typical town	–	5.7