Crap Towns / Waltham / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Waltham?

There were 10.0 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Waltham from April 2023 to March 2026, 1.8 times the typical town's 5.7. The most common were bins and rubbish set on fire, at 7.0. In 2025/26 it was 18.7, up from 1.6 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	1.6	5.2
2024/25	9.7	5.4
2025/26	18.7	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Bins and rubbish set on fire	7.0	1.9
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	1.6	1.7
Other outdoor fires	1.4	1.5

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Grimsby	5.6 km	33.6
Withernsea	25.6 km	23.1
Barton-upon-Humber	29.3 km	21.2
Hedon	26.0 km	20.0
Cleethorpes	6.1 km	12.5
Humberston and New Waltham	5.1 km	10.8
Immingham	13.5 km	10.1
Waltham	–	10.0
Mablethorpe	30.5 km	8.2
Brigg	25.9 km	5.9
Louth	17.7 km	1.6
The typical town	–	5.7