Crap Towns / Stockton-on-Tees / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Stockton-on-Tees?

There were 54.4 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Stockton-on-Tees from April 2023 to March 2026, 9.5 times the typical town's 5.7. The most common were bins and rubbish set on fire, at 33.5. In 2025/26 it was 69.1, up from 45.0 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	45.0	5.2
2024/25	48.9	5.4
2025/26	69.1	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Bins and rubbish set on fire	33.5	1.9
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	16.7	1.7
Other outdoor fires	4.1	1.5

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Eston	11.2 km	161
Redcar	16.5 km	73.6
Hartlepool	14.3 km	73.2
Middlesbrough	7.7 km	72.4
Stockton-on-Tees	–	54.4
Thornaby-on-Tees	3.2 km	52.0
Billingham	4.6 km	47.9
Darlington	15.6 km	38.3
Ingleby Barwick	6.3 km	10.0
Yarm	8.2 km	6.8
Egglescliffe	5.9 km	5.0
The typical town	–	5.7