Crap Towns / Barrhead / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Barrhead?

There were 37.4 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Barrhead from April 2023 to March 2026, 1.7 times the typical Scottish town's 22.3. The most common were bins and rubbish set on fire, at 20.6. In 2025/26 it was 29.9, down from 50.6 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical Scottish town
2023/24	50.6	22.6
2024/25	31.6	20.4
2025/26	29.9	19.0

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical Scottish town
Bins and rubbish set on fire	20.6	8.2
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	11.1	6.2
Other outdoor fires	5.7	5.0

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Johnstone	8.6 km	50.7
Barrhead	–	37.4
Glasgow	9.9 km	28.4
Paisley	5.2 km	25.9
Neilston	3.2 km	23.7
Linwood	8.8 km	22.3
Renfrew	8.0 km	15.7
Elderslie	7.2 km	14.5
Newton Mearns	4.8 km	12.3
Giffnock	6.0 km	8.5
Clarkston	6.8 km	6.8
The typical Scottish town	–	22.3