Crap Towns / Thornaby-on-Tees / Deliberate fires

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

There were 52.0 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Thornaby-on-Tees from April 2023 to March 2026, 9.1 times the typical town's 5.7. The most common were bins and rubbish set on fire, at 34.7. In 2025/26 it was 84.8, up from 26.1 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	26.1	5.2
2024/25	45.0	5.4
2025/26	84.8	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Bins and rubbish set on fire	34.7	1.9
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	12.1	1.7
Other outdoor fires	5.1	1.5

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Eston	9.0 km	161
Redcar	15.1 km	73.6
Hartlepool	15.5 km	73.2
Middlesbrough	5.0 km	72.4
Stockton-on-Tees	3.2 km	54.4
Thornaby-on-Tees	–	52.0
Billingham	5.3 km	47.9
Guisborough	15.3 km	35.8
Ingleby Barwick	4.3 km	10.0
Yarm	6.8 km	6.8
Egglescliffe	5.3 km	5.0
The typical town	–	5.7