Crap Towns / Coatbridge / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Coatbridge?

There were 39.4 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Coatbridge from April 2023 to March 2026, 1.8 times the typical Scottish town's 22.3. The most common were bins and rubbish set on fire, at 28.0. In 2025/26 it was 27.9, down from 57.4 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical Scottish town
2023/24	57.4	22.6
2024/25	33.0	20.4
2025/26	27.9	19.0

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical Scottish town
Bins and rubbish set on fire	28.0	8.2
Other outdoor fires	6.2	5.0
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	5.2	6.2

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Bellshill	4.4 km	47.3
Coatbridge	–	39.4
Uddingston	5.2 km	38.6
Airdrie	3.8 km	37.5
Viewpark	3.5 km	33.0
New Stevenston	6.1 km	26.6
Moodiesburn	7.2 km	25.9
Holytown	4.9 km	24.4
Newarthill	6.8 km	19.7
Bothwell	6.2 km	15.5
Chapelhall	5.4 km	11.7
The typical Scottish town	–	22.3