LONDON WORKPLACE FIRE SAFETY REPORT 2026 — MEDIA BRIEFING

Published: 10 September 2026
Permanent page: https://firesafetyservices.org.uk/research/london-workplace-fire-safety-report-2026/

HEADLINE
London Fire Brigade records show 3,490 fires across selected office, retail, hospitality and customer-service premises during 2021–2025. Shops recorded the largest raw total (1,033), followed by restaurants and cafés (693) and offices (510).

KEY FINDINGS
• 706 selected workplace fires were recorded in 2025, compared with 642 in 2024.
• Westminster had the largest raw five-year authority count (458); this is not an exposure-adjusted risk rate.
• Across all property uses, the separate LFB regulatory dataset recorded 4,833 London audit records and 246 formal-action outcomes in 2025. These cannot be attributed to the selected workplace fires.
• The selected incident categories recorded 46,912 false alarms across 2021–2025.

USE WITH CARE
The analysis counts selected published LFB property types. It does not measure the probability of fire, current legal compliance or comparative safety. Counts are not adjusted for the number, size, occupancy, footfall or opening hours of premises.

SUGGESTED CITATION
Fire Safety Services Research Team (2026), “London Workplace Fire Safety Report 2026”, derived from London Fire Brigade open data for 2021–2025 with 2025 borough regulatory and response context, published 10 September 2026, https://firesafetyservices.org.uk/research/london-workplace-fire-safety-report-2026/, accessed [date].

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