Crap Towns / Skelton / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Skelton?

There were 51.1 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Skelton from April 2023 to March 2026, 9.0 times the typical town's 5.7. The most common were bins and rubbish set on fire, at 36.5. In 2025/26 it was 58.8, up from 27.7 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	27.7	5.2
2024/25	66.7	5.4
2025/26	58.8	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Bins and rubbish set on fire	36.5	1.9
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	13.1	1.7
Other outdoor fires	1.5	1.5

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Eston	11.4 km	161
Redcar	8.2 km	73.6
Hartlepool	20.6 km	73.2
Middlesbrough	15.4 km	72.4
Thornaby-on-Tees	20.4 km	52.0
Skelton	–	51.1
Billingham	19.5 km	47.9
Guisborough	6.1 km	35.8
Brotton	2.5 km	34.6
Saltburn-by-the-Sea	2.0 km	32.4
Marske-by-the-Sea	4.6 km	31.3
The typical town	–	5.7