Crap Towns / Whitburn / Deliberate fires

How many fires get started on purpose in Whitburn?

There were 104 deliberate fires per 10,000 people a year in Whitburn from April 2023 to March 2026, 4.7 times the typical Scottish town's 22.3. The most common were bins and rubbish set on fire, at 61.5. In 2025/26 it was 89.8, up from 88.0 in 2023/24.

**Over time**
Period	Here	Typical Scottish town
2023/24	88.0	22.6
2024/25	134	20.4
2025/26	89.8	19.0

**What was set alight**
Fire	Here	Typical Scottish town
Bins and rubbish set on fire	61.5	8.2
Grass, woods and crops set on fire	29.3	6.2
Other outdoor fires	13.2	5.0

**Nearby towns**
Town	Distance	Fires per 10,000 people a year
Whitburn	–	104
Shotts	8.5 km	79.3
Blackburn	4.3 km	66.2
Bathgate	4.8 km	55.2
Newmains	14.4 km	46.0
Armadale	3.6 km	32.8
Livingston	10.4 km	31.7
Broxburn	15.4 km	29.4
Linlithgow	13.6 km	9.1
East Calder	15.2 km	5.5
Polmont	14.2 km	3.7
The typical Scottish town	–	22.3