Crap Towns / Thrapston / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Thrapston?

There were 0.5 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Thrapston from April 2023 to March 2026, 91% lower than the typical town's 5.7. The most common were other outdoor fires, at 0.5. In 2025/26 it was 1.4, up from 0.0 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	0.0	5.2
2024/25	0.0	5.4
2025/26	1.4	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Other outdoor fires	0.5	1.5
Bins and rubbish set on fire	0.0	1.9
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	0.0	1.7

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Higham Ferrers	10.7 km	20.8
Rushden	12.8 km	14.6
Irthlingborough	9.6 km	12.9
Corby	15.3 km	12.0
Burton Latimer	11.1 km	7.7
Kettering	13.4 km	7.0
Raunds	5.9 km	6.3
Wellingborough	15.6 km	5.9
Sawtry	17.2 km	1.3
Oundle	10.6 km	1.1
Thrapston	–	0.5
The typical town	–	5.7