Crap Towns / Stakeford / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Stakeford?

There were 15.5 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Stakeford from April 2023 to March 2026, 2.7 times the typical town's 5.7. The most common were grass, woods and crops set on fire, at 7.2. In 2025/26 it was 17.0, up from 8.5 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	8.5	5.2
2024/25	20.9	5.4
2025/26	17.0	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	7.2	1.7
Bins and rubbish set on fire	6.5	1.9
Other outdoor fires	1.8	1.5

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Newbiggin-by-the-Sea	5.4 km	67.2
Bedlington	3.2 km	33.5
Blyth	6.2 km	28.8
Ashington	2.7 km	27.2
Cramlington	8.3 km	22.7
Killingworth	13.7 km	20.7
Seaton Delaval	11.4 km	17.1
Stakeford	–	15.5
Wideopen	13.2 km	12.0
Whitley Bay	15.1 km	9.4
Morpeth	6.5 km	8.1
The typical town	–	5.7