Crap Towns / Wellingborough / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Wellingborough?

There were 5.9 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Wellingborough from April 2023 to March 2026, about the same as the typical town's 5.7. The most common were other outdoor fires, at 2.8. In 2025/26 it was 6.0, up from 5.3 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	5.3	5.2
2024/25	6.4	5.4
2025/26	6.0	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Other outdoor fires	2.8	1.5
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	1.8	1.7
Bins and rubbish set on fire	1.4	1.9

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Higham Ferrers	7.4 km	20.8
Rushden	7.3 km	14.6
Irthlingborough	6.6 km	12.9
Rothwell	15.0 km	10.1
Burton Latimer	6.8 km	7.7
Kettering	10.5 km	7.0
Northampton	15.2 km	6.4
Raunds	11.7 km	6.3
Wellingborough	–	5.9
Earls Barton	5.4 km	3.2
Brixworth	14.0 km	1.4
The typical town	–	5.7