Crap Towns / Kirkcaldy / Crime

How much crime is there in Kirkcaldy?

The police recorded 102 crimes per 1,000 people a year in Kirkcaldy from January 2023 to December 2025, 1.9 times the typical Scottish town's 54.4. The most common was violence and sexual offences, at 26.3. In the 12 months to December 2025 it was 107, the same as in the 12 months to December 2023.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical Scottish town
January 2023 to December 2023	107	53.2
January 2024 to December 2024	91.9	52.2
January 2025 to December 2025	107	55.9

**By type**
Crime	Here	Typical Scottish town
Violence and sexual offences	26.3	15.1
Shoplifting	26.2	6.8
Criminal damage and arson	12.2	7.2
Other crime	12.1	8.0
Other theft	8.7	4.3
Drugs	4.8	3.9
Burglary	4.3	1.8
Vehicle crime	3.5	1.6
Possession of weapons	2.7	2.0
Robbery	0.6	0.3
Bicycle theft	0.5	0.2
Public order	–	–
Theft from the person	–	–

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Crimes per 1,000 people a year
Kirkcaldy	–	102
Methil	11.1 km	79.1
Leven	12.7 km	70.2
Glenrothes	7.7 km	57.4
Ballingry	10.4 km	55.1
Cardenden	6.3 km	55.1
Lochgelly	9.2 km	55.1
Burntisland	8.3 km	48.1
Cowdenbeath	11.9 km	46.1
Kelty	13.7 km	45.6
Dalgety Bay	15.5 km	28.2
The typical Scottish town	–	54.4