Crap Towns / Wingate / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Wingate?

There were 67.5 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Wingate from April 2023 to March 2026, 11.8 times the typical town's 5.7. The most common were bins and rubbish set on fire, at 37.6. In 2025/26 it was 87.3, up from 65.1 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	65.1	5.2
2024/25	50.0	5.4
2025/26	87.3	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Bins and rubbish set on fire	37.6	1.9
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	16.9	1.7
Other outdoor fires	13.0	1.5

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Peterlee	3.6 km	80.6
Murton	9.6 km	76.5
Hartlepool	11.4 km	73.2
Hetton-le-Hole	11.1 km	71.2
Horden	5.3 km	70.5
Wingate	–	67.5
Houghton-le-Spring	13.8 km	61.0
Easington	6.8 km	60.2
Seaham	11.9 km	57.2
Ferryhill	12.4 km	31.7
Durham	14.1 km	14.4
The typical town	–	5.7