{
  "metadata": {
    "title": "London residential and sleeping-premises fire statistics",
    "route": "london-residential-sleeping-premises-fire-statistics",
    "reportingPeriod": "2021–2025",
    "incidentSourceSnapshot": "20 May 2026",
    "incidentSourceCoverage": "January 2018 to April 2026; complete calendar years 2021–2025 used",
    "published": "25 August 2026",
    "geography": "Greater London"
  },
  "fires": {
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    "2022": 5166,
    "2023": 4835,
    "2024": 4730,
    "2025": 4982
  },
  "falseAlarms": {
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    "2022": 32846,
    "2023": 35874,
    "2024": 38446,
    "2025": 40856
  },
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      "key": "houses",
      "label": "Houses and other dwellings",
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        "Bungalow - single occupancy",
        "Caravan/Mobile home (permanent dwelling)",
        "House - single occupancy",
        "Houseboat (permanent dwelling)",
        "Other Dwelling"
      ],
      "fires": {
        "2021": 1558,
        "2022": 1647,
        "2023": 1500,
        "2024": 1467,
        "2025": 1624
      },
      "totalFires": 7796,
      "falseAlarms": {
        "2021": 5943,
        "2022": 6337,
        "2023": 6492,
        "2024": 6802,
        "2025": 7419
      },
      "totalFalseAlarms": 32993,
      "meanFirstPumpResponseSeconds": 329,
      "meanPumpsAttending": 2.0,
      "fourPlusPumpFires": 347
    },
    {
      "key": "flats",
      "label": "Flats and maisonettes",
      "propertyTypes": [
        "Converted Flat/Maisonette - Up to 2 storeys",
        "Converted Flat/Maisonettes - 3 or more storeys",
        "Purpose Built Flats/Maisonettes - 10 or more storeys",
        "Purpose Built Flats/Maisonettes - 4 to 9 storeys",
        "Purpose Built Flats/Maisonettes - Up to 3 storeys"
      ],
      "fires": {
        "2021": 3037,
        "2022": 3058,
        "2023": 2875,
        "2024": 2856,
        "2025": 2962
      },
      "totalFires": 14788,
      "falseAlarms": {
        "2021": 17449,
        "2022": 19440,
        "2023": 21704,
        "2024": 24127,
        "2025": 25977
      },
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      "meanFirstPumpResponseSeconds": 300,
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      "fourPlusPumpFires": 3005
    },
    {
      "key": "hmos",
      "label": "Houses in multiple occupation",
      "propertyTypes": [
        "House in Multiple Occupation - 3 or more storeys (not known if licensed)",
        "House in Multiple Occupation - Up to 2 storeys (not known if licensed)",
        "Licensed House in Multiple Occupation - 3 or more storeys",
        "Licensed House in Multiple Occupation - Up to 2 storeys",
        "Unlicensed House in Multiple Occupation - 3 or more storeys",
        "Unlicensed House in Multiple Occupation - Up to 2 storeys"
      ],
      "fires": {
        "2021": 177,
        "2022": 191,
        "2023": 205,
        "2024": 175,
        "2025": 201
      },
      "totalFires": 949,
      "falseAlarms": {
        "2021": 653,
        "2022": 775,
        "2023": 960,
        "2024": 1127,
        "2025": 1309
      },
      "totalFalseAlarms": 4824,
      "meanFirstPumpResponseSeconds": 306,
      "meanPumpsAttending": 2.2,
      "fourPlusPumpFires": 72
    },
    {
      "key": "supported_student",
      "label": "Sheltered and student accommodation",
      "propertyTypes": [
        "Self contained Sheltered Housing",
        "Student Hall of Residence"
      ],
      "fires": {
        "2021": 164,
        "2022": 204,
        "2023": 203,
        "2024": 184,
        "2025": 147
      },
      "totalFires": 902,
      "falseAlarms": {
        "2021": 4964,
        "2022": 5358,
        "2023": 5682,
        "2024": 5439,
        "2025": 5267
      },
      "totalFalseAlarms": 26710,
      "meanFirstPumpResponseSeconds": 293,
      "meanPumpsAttending": 2.3,
      "fourPlusPumpFires": 90
    },
    {
      "key": "other_sleeping",
      "label": "Hostels and other sleeping accommodation",
      "propertyTypes": [
        "Boarding House/B&B for homeless/asylum seekers",
        "Boarding School accommodation",
        "Hostel (e.g. for homeless people)",
        "Nurses'/Doctors' accommodation",
        "Youth hostel"
      ],
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        "2021": 51,
        "2022": 66,
        "2023": 52,
        "2024": 48,
        "2025": 48
      },
      "totalFires": 265,
      "falseAlarms": {
        "2021": 905,
        "2022": 936,
        "2023": 1036,
        "2024": 951,
        "2025": 884
      },
      "totalFalseAlarms": 4712,
      "meanFirstPumpResponseSeconds": 272,
      "meanPumpsAttending": 2.2,
      "fourPlusPumpFires": 23
    }
  ],
  "months": [
    {
      "month": "Jan",
      "fires": 2121
    },
    {
      "month": "Feb",
      "fires": 1895
    },
    {
      "month": "Mar",
      "fires": 2092
    },
    {
      "month": "Apr",
      "fires": 2079
    },
    {
      "month": "May",
      "fires": 2077
    },
    {
      "month": "Jun",
      "fires": 2077
    },
    {
      "month": "Jul",
      "fires": 2127
    },
    {
      "month": "Aug",
      "fires": 1999
    },
    {
      "month": "Sep",
      "fires": 1863
    },
    {
      "month": "Oct",
      "fires": 2085
    },
    {
      "month": "Nov",
      "fires": 2109
    },
    {
      "month": "Dec",
      "fires": 2176
    }
  ],
  "timeBands": [
    {
      "key": "overnight",
      "label": "00:00–05:59",
      "fires": 3140
    },
    {
      "key": "morning",
      "label": "06:00–11:59",
      "fires": 4317
    },
    {
      "key": "afternoon",
      "label": "12:00–17:59",
      "fires": 8804
    },
    {
      "key": "evening",
      "label": "18:00–23:59",
      "fires": 8439
    }
  ],
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    {
      "name": "Southwark",
      "totalFires": 1185,
      "groups": {
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        "flats": 962,
        "hmos": 21,
        "supported_student": 45,
        "other_sleeping": 12
      },
      "leadingGroup": "Flats and maisonettes",
      "leadingGroupFires": 962
    },
    {
      "name": "Croydon",
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        "flats": 557,
        "hmos": 52,
        "supported_student": 43,
        "other_sleeping": 15
      },
      "leadingGroup": "Flats and maisonettes",
      "leadingGroupFires": 557
    },
    {
      "name": "Tower Hamlets",
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        "flats": 921,
        "hmos": 18,
        "supported_student": 34,
        "other_sleeping": 10
      },
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      "leadingGroupFires": 921
    },
    {
      "name": "Lambeth",
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        "hmos": 34,
        "supported_student": 50,
        "other_sleeping": 20
      },
      "leadingGroup": "Flats and maisonettes",
      "leadingGroupFires": 772
    },
    {
      "name": "Lewisham",
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        "hmos": 49,
        "supported_student": 31,
        "other_sleeping": 14
      },
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    },
    {
      "name": "Hackney",
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        "flats": 774,
        "hmos": 28,
        "supported_student": 36,
        "other_sleeping": 13
      },
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      "leadingGroupFires": 774
    },
    {
      "name": "Newham",
      "totalFires": 992,
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        "flats": 564,
        "hmos": 52,
        "supported_student": 26,
        "other_sleeping": 2
      },
      "leadingGroup": "Flats and maisonettes",
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    {
      "name": "Brent",
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        "houses": 275,
        "flats": 552,
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        "supported_student": 26,
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      },
      "leadingGroup": "Flats and maisonettes",
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    },
    {
      "name": "Barnet",
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        "houses": 390,
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        "supported_student": 28,
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      },
      "leadingGroup": "Flats and maisonettes",
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    {
      "name": "Ealing",
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        "hmos": 93,
        "supported_student": 22,
        "other_sleeping": 17
      },
      "leadingGroup": "Flats and maisonettes",
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    {
      "name": "Westminster",
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        "hmos": 6,
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      },
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    },
    {
      "name": "Haringey",
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        "supported_student": 32,
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    {
      "name": "Greenwich",
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        "supported_student": 34,
        "other_sleeping": 7
      },
      "leadingGroup": "Flats and maisonettes",
      "leadingGroupFires": 486
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    {
      "name": "Enfield",
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        "supported_student": 19,
        "other_sleeping": 3
      },
      "leadingGroup": "Houses and other dwellings",
      "leadingGroupFires": 413
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    {
      "name": "Camden",
      "totalFires": 809,
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    {
      "name": "Wandsworth",
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    {
      "name": "Islington",
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        "flats": 646,
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    {
      "name": "Hounslow",
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    {
      "name": "Bromley",
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      },
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    {
      "name": "Waltham Forest",
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      },
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    {
      "name": "Hillingdon",
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        "hmos": 46,
        "supported_student": 20,
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    {
      "name": "Redbridge",
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    {
      "name": "Hammersmith and Fulham",
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    {
      "name": "Kensington and Chelsea",
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    {
      "name": "Havering",
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    {
      "name": "Barking and Dagenham",
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    {
      "name": "Bexley",
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    {
      "name": "Harrow",
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    {
      "name": "Sutton",
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      },
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    {
      "name": "Merton",
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      },
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    {
      "name": "Richmond Upon Thames",
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      },
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    {
      "name": "Kingston Upon Thames",
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      },
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    {
      "name": "City of London",
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