Crap Towns / Whitburn / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Whitburn?

There were 16.7 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Whitburn from April 2023 to March 2026, 2.9 times the typical town's 5.7. The most common were grass, woods and crops set on fire, at 8.7. In 2025/26 it was 7.7, down from 18.4 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	18.4	5.2
2024/25	24.1	5.4
2025/26	7.7	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	8.7	1.7
Bins and rubbish set on fire	6.9	1.9
Other outdoor fires	1.2	1.5

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Jarrow	7.4 km	59.4
Boldon Colliery	6.1 km	57.6
East Boldon and West Boldon	4.7 km	48.2
Sunderland	6.0 km	47.0
South Shields	4.7 km	43.7
Shiney Row and Penshaw	12.2 km	42.1
Washington	10.9 km	39.8
Hebburn	9.8 km	36.2
Tynemouth	9.4 km	33.4
Wallsend	11.2 km	26.8
Whitburn	–	16.7
The typical town	–	5.7