Crap Towns / Wallsend / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Wallsend?

There were 26.8 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Wallsend from April 2023 to March 2026, 4.7 times the typical town's 5.7. The most common were bins and rubbish set on fire, at 15.5. In 2025/26 it was 27.2, down from 29.9 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	29.9	5.2
2024/25	23.3	5.4
2025/26	27.2	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Bins and rubbish set on fire	15.5	1.9
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	9.3	1.7
Other outdoor fires	2.0	1.5

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Jarrow	4.3 km	59.4
Boldon Colliery	6.7 km	57.6
South Shields	6.6 km	43.7
Hebburn	3.0 km	36.2
Tynemouth	3.7 km	33.4
Wallsend	–	26.8
Killingworth	5.6 km	20.7
Seaton Delaval	7.5 km	17.1
Longbenton	4.2 km	16.7
Shiremoor	3.8 km	14.9
Whitley Bay	6.0 km	9.4
The typical town	–	5.7