Crap Towns / Tynemouth / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Tynemouth?

There were 33.4 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Tynemouth from April 2023 to March 2026, 5.9 times the typical town's 5.7. The most common were bins and rubbish set on fire, at 20.5. In 2025/26 it was 33.7, up from 26.1 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	26.1	5.2
2024/25	40.5	5.4
2025/26	33.7	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Bins and rubbish set on fire	20.5	1.9
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	10.5	1.7
Other outdoor fires	2.4	1.5

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Jarrow	4.9 km	59.4
Boldon Colliery	7.1 km	57.6
South Shields	4.8 km	43.7
Hebburn	5.4 km	36.2
Tynemouth	–	33.4
Wallsend	3.7 km	26.8
Killingworth	7.5 km	20.7
Seaton Delaval	7.0 km	17.1
Longbenton	6.9 km	16.7
Shiremoor	3.6 km	14.9
Whitley Bay	3.6 km	9.4
The typical town	–	5.7