Justice Analytical Services (JAS) Safer Communities and Justice Statistics Monthly Data Report : October 2023 edition
This report contains summary statistics covering a number of important justice and safer communities statistics. It is published with up to date statistics every month.
Further detail on fire statistics
* New * There were 372 deliberate building fires in quarter 1 of 2023-24, up from 370 in the same quarter of 2022-23. Over the same period, the number of deliberate road vehicle fires fell from 185 to 182. There has been a long-term downward trend in deliberate building and deliberate road vehicle fires since this series began.
![Four quarter average number of deliberate building fires and road vehicle fires for each quarter from quarter 4 of 2009-10 (January to March 2010) onwards. Last updated October 2023. Next update due January 2024.](/binaries/content/gallery/publications/statistics/2023/10/justice-analytical-services-jas-safer-communities-justice-statistics-monthly-data-report-october-2023-edition/SCT10235893061_g10.png)
The figures used in this chart are the average of the quarter in question and the three quarters prior, in order to allow for seasonal variation.
* New * Unwanted fire alarm signals (UFAS) describe avoidable false alarm signals from a workplace, either from an automatic fire alarm or from a person. There were 7,082 UFAS incidents in quarter 1 of 2023-24, which made up 26.7% of all incidents attended in that quarter. This is slightly down from the previous year where UFAS made up 27.3% of all incidents attended in that quarter.
Contact
Email: justice_analysts@gov.scot
There is a problem
Thanks for your feedback