What is the crime rate in Fife?

Police Scotland recorded 20,437 crimes in Fife in 2025-26, 54 per 1,000 residents, against a Scottish average of 57 (Scottish Government recorded crime statistics).

In Fife, about 3.3% of homes are in areas where road or rail noise reaches 65 dB Lden or more, against 6.9% across Great Britain (strategic noise maps, Defra, Natural Resources Wales and SEPA).

How many homes in Fife are near a park?

66% of homes in Fife are within 400 m of a public park or garden and 83% are within 400 m of a children's play space (OS Open Greenspace), against 56% and 60% across Great Britain.

How does Fife compare with the UK average for social housing?

The UK average is 17.5% of households. At 21.9%, Fife is above the national average (+4.4 percentage points) and ranks 61st of 374 UK local authorities.

Living in Fife

Q: How much social housing is there in Fife?

21.9% of households in Fife are social housing — 37,038 of 169,485 households rent from a council or housing association, according to the 2021–22 Census.

Police Scotland recorded 54 crimes per 1,000 residents in Fife in 2025–26, close to the Scottish average of 57. 21.9% of households rent from the council or a housing association, above the UK average of 17.5%. About 3.3% of homes are in areas where road or rail noise reaches 65 dB, against 6.9% across Great Britain. 66% of homes are within a five-minute walk of a public park (Great Britain: 56%).

Fife at a glance

Fife compared with the rest of the country. Crime rates are per resident; see each section below for sources and periods.
Measure	Fife	Comparison	Rank
Social housing (share of households)	21.9%	UK 17.5%	61st highest of 374
Recorded crime per 1,000 residents	54	Scotland 57	11th highest of 32 in Scotland
Homes in areas with 65 dB+ road or rail noise	3.3%	GB 6.9%	59th quietest of 363
Homes within 400 m of a public park	66%	GB 56%	75th of 363
Homes within 400 m of a play space	83%	GB 60%
Median broadband speed available	1,000 Mbit/s	Council median 1,000 Mbit/s

How much crime is there in Fife?

Police Scotland recorded 20,437 crimes in Fife in 2025–26 — 54 per 1,000 residents, close to the Scottish average of 57 and the 11th highest of 32 Scottish councils. The largest groups were theft, fraud and other dishonesty (38%), non-sexual violence (26%) and drugs, weapons and other crimes against society (16%).

Scotland is not on data.police.uk, so these figures come from the Scottish Government's recorded crime statistics. Scotland counts and groups crimes differently, so they are compared only with other Scottish councils.

How much social housing is there in Fife?

21.9%Social housing

37,038Social homes

169,485All households

Fife ranks 61st of 374 UK local authorities by social-housing share. Of its 169,485 households, 37,038 are social homes (21.9%) — renting from the council or a housing association, according to the 2021–22 Census.

Fife21.9%

UK average17.5%

How does Fife compare with the UK average?

At +4.4 percentage points versus the UK average of 17.5%, Fife sits above the national level.

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How noisy is Fife?

In Fife, about 3.3% of homes are in areas where modelled road or rail noise reaches 65 dB L_den or more — the level Defra and the WHO treat as high. The Great Britain average is 6.9%, and Fife is the 59th quietest of 363 councils mapped.

Estimated from the official strategic noise maps: the share of each census area at 65 dB or more, weighted by its households. See noisy roads and railways on the map →

How close are parks in Fife?

66% of homes in Fife are within 400 m — about a five-minute walk — of a public park or garden, and 83% are that close to a children's play space. Across Great Britain the figures are 56% and 60%, which puts Fife 75th of 363 councils for access to a park.

Straight-line distance from the centre of each census area to the edge of the nearest site in OS Open Greenspace, weighted by households. See parks and play spaces on the map →

Schools, prices and more in Fife

What the map's other datasets say about Fife.

Broadband

Median available download speed is about 1,000 Mbit/s — what can be ordered, not what residents have bought (Ofcom Connected Nations).

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Areas with a similar share of social housing

“Social housing” means households renting from a council/local authority or a housing association, counted on census day (2021 in England, Wales & Northern Ireland; 2022 in Scotland). Local-authority figures are aggregated by this site from small-area data and may differ from official totals. Crime rates use Census 2021 population (NISRA mid-2021 estimates in Northern Ireland) and exclude crimes police.uk publishes without a location. All sources are open data under the Open Government Licence v3.0; see the methodology.
Sources: 2021–22 Census (social housing); Scottish Government recorded crime, 2025–26 (crime); strategic noise maps, Round 4 (noise); OS Open Greenspace (parks) · Page updated 27 September 2026 · Download the data (CSV, all 374 councils).