Crap Towns / Bo'ness / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Bo'ness?

There were 28.8 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Bo'ness from April 2023 to March 2026, 29% higher than the typical Scottish town's 22.3. The most common were grass, woods and crops set on fire, at 14.3. In 2025/26 it was 29.7, down from 35.9 in 2023/24.

Over time
PeriodHereTypical Scottish town
2023/2435.922.6
2024/2520.820.4
2025/2629.719.0
What was set alight
FireHereTypical Scottish town
Grass, woods and crops set on fire14.36.2
Other outdoor fires8.35.0
Bins and rubbish set on fire6.28.2
Nearby towns
TownDistanceFires per 10,000 people a year
Bathgate13.0 km55.2
Broxburn11.9 km29.4
Bo'ness–28.8
Dunfermline12.8 km25.6
Inverkeithing13.6 km24.8
Stenhousemuir12.6 km23.3
Falkirk10.9 km17.9
Rosyth11.4 km13.1
Linlithgow4.0 km9.1
Grangemouth6.2 km8.5
Polmont6.7 km3.7
The typical Scottish town–22.3