Crap Towns / Skegness / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Skegness?

There were 8.0 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Skegness from April 2023 to March 2026, 40% higher than the typical town's 5.7. The most common were bins and rubbish set on fire, at 6.0. In 2025/26 it was 10.5, up from 8.2 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	8.2	5.2
2024/25	5.3	5.4
2025/26	10.5	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Bins and rubbish set on fire	6.0	1.9
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	1.1	1.7
Other outdoor fires	0.9	1.5

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
King's Lynn	42.9 km	9.8
Mablethorpe	22.5 km	8.2
Skegness	–	8.0
Boston	29.6 km	3.9
Sutton on Sea and Trusthorpe	17.8 km	3.4
Kirton	34.7 km	3.3
Long Sutton	42.1 km	2.5
Coningsby and Tattershall	33.3 km	2.3
Horncastle	30.2 km	1.8
Holbeach	42.9 km	1.8
Louth	32.8 km	1.6
The typical town	–	5.7