Crap Towns / Auchterarder / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Auchterarder?

There were 1.1 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Auchterarder from April 2023 to March 2026, 95% lower than the typical Scottish town's 22.3. The most common were grass, woods and crops set on fire, at 0.8. In 2025/26 it was 0.8, the same as in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical Scottish town
2023/24	0.8	22.6
2024/25	1.7	20.4
2025/26	0.8	19.0

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical Scottish town
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	0.8	6.2
Other outdoor fires	0.3	5.0
Bins and rubbish set on fire	0.0	8.2

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Alloa	20.4 km	18.1
Sauchie	18.6 km	12.5
Tullibody	19.1 km	11.7
Stirling	23.3 km	11.0
Perth	20.4 km	10.8
Crieff	11.7 km	4.8
Bannockburn	25.7 km	3.5
Kinross	20.3 km	3.2
Scone	24.3 km	2.4
Dunblane	18.9 km	2.3
Auchterarder	–	1.1
The typical Scottish town	–	22.3