Crap Towns / Inverurie / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Inverurie?

There were 2.7 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Inverurie from April 2023 to March 2026, 88% lower than the typical Scottish town's 22.3. The most common were grass, woods and crops set on fire, at 1.3. In 2025/26 it was 2.7, up from 2.0 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical Scottish town
2023/24	2.0	22.6
2024/25	3.3	20.4
2025/26	2.7	19.0

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical Scottish town
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	1.3	6.2
Bins and rubbish set on fire	0.7	8.2
Other outdoor fires	0.7	5.0

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Dyce	14.4 km	18.1
Cove Bay	27.0 km	14.8
Aberdeen	21.5 km	10.4
Fraserburgh	49.9 km	9.8
Peterhead	42.5 km	7.2
Portlethen	28.2 km	6.3
Stonehaven	36.1 km	5.4
Ellon	21.1 km	5.3
Banchory	26.2 km	4.4
Westhill	15.4 km	3.7
Inverurie	–	2.7
The typical Scottish town	–	22.3