Crap Towns / Lochgelly / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Lochgelly?

There were 62.8 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Lochgelly from April 2023 to March 2026, 2.8 times the typical Scottish town's 22.3. The most common were bins and rubbish set on fire, at 32.6. In 2025/26 it was 60.6, up from 26.6 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical Scottish town
2023/24	26.6	22.6
2024/25	101	20.4
2025/26	60.6	19.0

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical Scottish town
Bins and rubbish set on fire	32.6	8.2
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	16.5	6.2
Other outdoor fires	13.7	5.0

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Lochgelly	–	62.8
Cowdenbeath	3.5 km	55.9
Kelty	4.5 km	49.8
Kirkcaldy	9.2 km	40.8
Cardenden	3.6 km	34.3
Glenrothes	11.1 km	33.9
Ballingry	3.0 km	31.5
Dunfermline	10.1 km	25.6
Burntisland	9.0 km	24.5
Dalgety Bay	10.7 km	3.9
Kinross	11.4 km	3.2
The typical Scottish town	–	22.3