Crap Towns / Broxburn / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Broxburn?

There were 29.4 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Broxburn from April 2023 to March 2026, 32% higher than the typical Scottish town's 22.3. The most common were bins and rubbish set on fire, at 15.9. In 2025/26 it was 25.7, down from 29.6 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical Scottish town
2023/24	29.6	22.6
2024/25	32.8	20.4
2025/26	25.7	19.0

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical Scottish town
Bins and rubbish set on fire	15.9	8.2
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	8.2	6.2
Other outdoor fires	5.3	5.0

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Blackburn	11.3 km	66.2
Bathgate	10.8 km	55.2
Livingston	5.8 km	31.7
Broxburn	–	29.4
Bo'ness	11.9 km	28.8
Inverkeithing	12.0 km	24.8
Rosyth	11.2 km	13.1
South Queensferry	7.8 km	10.1
Kirkliston	5.1 km	9.6
Linlithgow	9.2 km	9.1
East Calder	4.7 km	5.5
The typical Scottish town	–	22.3