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Safer Communities and Justice Statistics Monthly Data Report : May 2024 edition

Published
30 May 2024
From
Cabinet Secretary for Justice and Home Affairs, +4 more … Chief Statistician, Director of Justice, Lord Advocate, Minister for Victims and Community Safety
Directorate
Safer Communities Directorate, +2 more … Children and Families Directorate, Justice Directorate
Topic
Communities and third sector, Law and order, Public safety and emergencies
ISBN
9781836013617

the report contains summary statistics covering a number of important justice and safer communities statistics. It is published with up to date statistics every month.

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Further detail on fire statistics

There were 257 deliberate building fires in quarter 3 of 2023-24, up from 234 in the same quarter of 2022-23. Over the same period, the number of deliberate road vehicle fires fell from 187 to 161. There has been a long-term downward trend in deliberate building and deliberate road vehicle fires since this series began.

Deliberate building and road vehicle fires
Deliberate building and road vehicle fires, quarter 4 of 2009-10 onwards. 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 May 2022.

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.

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 3,428 UFAS incidents in quarter 3 of 2023-24, which made up 18% of all incidents attended in that quarter. This is down from the previous year where UFAS made up 35% of all incidents attended in that quarter. This decrease is attributed to the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service’s new policy regarding UFAS incidents, which outlines a change in how automatic fire alarm call outs are managed.

Contact

Email: Justice_Analysts@gov.scot

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