Crap Towns / Wideopen / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Wideopen?

There were 12.0 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Wideopen from April 2023 to March 2026, 2.1 times the typical town's 5.7. The most common were grass, woods and crops set on fire, at 7.7. In 2025/26 it was 17.5, up from 9.8 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	9.8	5.2
2024/25	8.7	5.4
2025/26	17.5	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	7.7	1.7
Bins and rubbish set on fire	4.4	1.9
Other outdoor fires	0.0	1.5

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Throckley	10.0 km	58.5
Newcastle upon Tyne	5.3 km	34.9
Bedlington	10.0 km	33.5
Wallsend	8.6 km	26.8
Cramlington	5.2 km	22.7
Killingworth	3.6 km	20.7
Seaton Delaval	7.4 km	17.1
Longbenton	4.4 km	16.7
Shiremoor	7.8 km	14.9
Wideopen	–	12.0
Ponteland	8.3 km	5.5
The typical town	–	5.7