Crap Towns / Yarm / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Yarm?

There were 6.8 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Yarm from April 2023 to March 2026, 19% higher than the typical town's 5.7. The most common were bins and rubbish set on fire, at 3.1. In 2025/26 it was 10.1, up from 8.2 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical town
2023/24	8.2	5.2
2024/25	2.1	5.4
2025/26	10.1	6.4

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical town
Bins and rubbish set on fire	3.1	1.9
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	2.9	1.7
Other outdoor fires	0.8	1.5

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Eston	14.5 km	161
Middlesbrough	10.2 km	72.4
Stockton-on-Tees	8.2 km	54.4
Thornaby-on-Tees	6.8 km	52.0
Billingham	12.0 km	47.9
Darlington	13.7 km	38.3
Guisborough	19.2 km	35.8
Ingleby Barwick	2.7 km	10.0
Yarm	–	6.8
Northallerton	18.3 km	5.4
Egglescliffe	2.6 km	5.0
The typical town	–	5.7