Crap Towns / Ballingry / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Ballingry?

There were 31.5 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Ballingry from April 2023 to March 2026, 41% higher than the typical Scottish town's 22.3. The most common were grass, woods and crops set on fire, at 16.0. In 2025/26 it was 32.6, up from 18.9 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical Scottish town
2023/24	18.9	22.6
2024/25	42.9	20.4
2025/26	32.6	19.0

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical Scottish town
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	16.0	6.2
Bins and rubbish set on fire	10.9	8.2
Other outdoor fires	4.6	5.0

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Lochgelly	3.0 km	62.8
Cowdenbeath	5.7 km	55.9
Kelty	4.3 km	49.8
Kirkcaldy	10.4 km	40.8
Cardenden	4.1 km	34.3
Glenrothes	10.1 km	33.9
Ballingry	–	31.5
Dunfermline	11.9 km	25.6
Burntisland	11.9 km	24.5
Dalgety Bay	13.5 km	3.9
Kinross	8.7 km	3.2
The typical Scottish town	–	22.3