Crap Towns / Seaham / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Seaham?

There were 57.2 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Seaham from April 2023 to March 2026, 10.0 times the typical town's 5.7. The most common were bins and rubbish set on fire, at 45.4. In 2025/26 it was 50.0, up from 44.2 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	44.2	5.2
2024/25	77.3	5.4
2025/26	50.0	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Bins and rubbish set on fire	45.4	1.9
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	6.8	1.7
Other outdoor fires	5.0	1.5

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Peterlee	8.6 km	80.6
Murton	2.9 km	76.5
Hetton-le-Hole	6.9 km	71.2
Horden	8.3 km	70.5
Wingate	11.9 km	67.5
Houghton-le-Spring	7.9 km	61.0
Easington	5.6 km	60.2
Seaham	–	57.2
Sunderland	8.4 km	47.0
Shiney Row and Penshaw	9.2 km	42.1
Fence Houses	9.6 km	35.9
The typical town	–	5.7