Crap Towns / Saltburn-by-the-Sea / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Saltburn-by-the-Sea?

There were 32.4 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Saltburn-by-the-Sea from April 2023 to March 2026, 5.7 times the typical town's 5.7. The most common were bins and rubbish set on fire, at 20.4. In 2025/26 it was 42.6, up from 17.0 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	17.0	5.2
2024/25	37.5	5.4
2025/26	42.6	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Bins and rubbish set on fire	20.4	1.9
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	11.4	1.7
Other outdoor fires	0.6	1.5

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Eston	11.2 km	161
Redcar	6.9 km	73.6
Hartlepool	19.1 km	73.2
Middlesbrough	15.4 km	72.4
Thornaby-on-Tees	20.2 km	52.0
Skelton	2.0 km	51.1
Billingham	18.8 km	47.9
Guisborough	7.2 km	35.8
Brotton	2.9 km	34.6
Saltburn-by-the-Sea	–	32.4
Marske-by-the-Sea	3.1 km	31.3
The typical town	–	5.7