Crap Towns / Stowmarket / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Stowmarket?

There were 2.0 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Stowmarket from April 2023 to March 2026, 65% lower than the typical town's 5.7. The most common were other outdoor fires, at 0.9. In 2025/26 it was 2.5, up from 2.3 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	2.3	5.2
2024/25	1.0	5.4
2025/26	2.5	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Other outdoor fires	0.9	1.5
Bins and rubbish set on fire	0.7	1.9
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	0.3	1.7

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Thetford	30.7 km	15.0
Sudbury	24.1 km	6.2
Diss	22.7 km	4.0
Ipswich	17.7 km	3.6
Bury St Edmunds	20.6 km	3.5
Harleston	31.6 km	2.0
Stowmarket	–	2.0
Hadleigh	15.7 km	1.9
Kesgrave	21.4 km	1.4
Needham Market	4.9 km	1.3
Woodbridge	23.7 km	1.3
The typical town	–	5.7