Safer Communities and Justice Statistics Monthly Data Report: April 2024
This report contains summary statistics covering a number of important justice and safer communities areas. It is published with up to date statistics every month.
Further detail on fire statistics
* New * 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.
![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 April 2024. Next update due July 2024.](/binaries/content/gallery/publications/statistics/2024/04/safer-communities-justice-statistics-monthly-data-report-april-2024/SCT04240401421_g11.png)
* 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 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.
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