Crap Towns / Cardenden / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Cardenden?

There were 34.3 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Cardenden from April 2023 to March 2026, 1.5 times the typical Scottish town's 22.3. The most common were bins and rubbish set on fire, at 12.5. In 2025/26 it was 37.5, up from 26.2 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical Scottish town
2023/24	26.2	22.6
2024/25	39.2	20.4
2025/26	37.5	19.0

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical Scottish town
Bins and rubbish set on fire	12.5	8.2
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	11.0	6.2
Other outdoor fires	10.8	5.0

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Lochgelly	3.6 km	62.8
Cowdenbeath	7.1 km	55.9
Kelty	7.7 km	49.8
Kirkcaldy	6.3 km	40.8
Cardenden	–	34.3
Glenrothes	7.7 km	33.9
Ballingry	4.1 km	31.5
Dunfermline	13.6 km	25.6
Burntisland	9.3 km	24.5
Dalgety Bay	13.4 km	3.9
Kinross	12.7 km	3.2
The typical Scottish town	–	22.3