{ "metadata": { "title": "London Workplace Fire Safety Report 2026", "route": "/research/london-workplace-fire-safety-report-2026/", "published": "10 September 2026", "publishedIso": "2026-09-10", "reportingPeriod": "2021–2025", "incidentSnapshot": "20 May 2026", "boroughContextSnapshot": "25 July 2026" }, "summary": { "fires": 3490, "fires2025": 706, "falseAlarms": 46912, "fourPlusPumpFires": 423, "audits2025": 4833, "formalActionOutcomes2025": 246, "nonCompliantOutcomes2025": 1123, "broadlyCompliantOutcomes2025": 3780, "pumpMobilisations2025": 207169 }, "annualFires": { "2021": 648, "2022": 760, "2023": 734, "2024": 642, "2025": 706 }, "annualFalseAlarms": { "2021": 9052, "2022": 10577, "2023": 10739, "2024": 10258, "2025": 6286 }, "categories": [ { "key": "offices", "label": "Offices and call centres", "propertyTypes": [ "Call Centre", "Central Government Office", "Converted office", "Estate Agent", "Local Government Office", "Ministry of Defence office", "Other office/call centre 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"retail_warehouses", "label": "Retail warehouses", "propertyTypes": [ "DIY Warehouse", "Other retail warehouse" ], "fires": { "2021": 8, "2022": 13, "2023": 10, "2024": 3, "2025": 8 }, "totalFires": 42, "falseAlarms": { "2021": 256, "2022": 272, "2023": 226, "2024": 236, "2025": 95 }, "totalFalseAlarms": 1085, "meanFirstPumpResponseSeconds": 319, "meanPumpsAttending": 2, "fourPlusPumpFires": 1 }, { "key": "customer_services", "label": "Customer-service workplaces", "propertyTypes": [ "Hairdresser", "Laundrette" ], "fires": { "2021": 26, "2022": 28, "2023": 32, "2024": 27, "2025": 24 }, "totalFires": 137, "falseAlarms": { "2021": 34, "2022": 31, "2023": 32, "2024": 31, "2025": 19 }, "totalFalseAlarms": 147, "meanFirstPumpResponseSeconds": 281, "meanPumpsAttending": 2.2, "fourPlusPumpFires": 11 }, { "key": "restaurants_cafes", "label": "Restaurants and cafés", "propertyTypes": [ "Restaurant/cafe" ], "fires": { "2021": 107, "2022": 160, "2023": 167, "2024": 124, "2025": 135 }, "totalFires": 693, "falseAlarms": { "2021": 609, "2022": 846, "2023": 732, "2024": 752, "2025": 524 }, "totalFalseAlarms": 3463, "meanFirstPumpResponseSeconds": 277, "meanPumpsAttending": 2.2, "fourPlusPumpFires": 79 }, { "key": "takeaways_fast_food", "label": "Takeaways and fast food", "propertyTypes": [ "Takeaway/ fast food" ], "fires": { "2021": 64, "2022": 61, "2023": 74, "2024": 55, "2025": 54 }, "totalFires": 308, "falseAlarms": { "2021": 142, "2022": 184, "2023": 249, "2024": 209, "2025": 174 }, "totalFalseAlarms": 958, "meanFirstPumpResponseSeconds": 272, "meanPumpsAttending": 2.1, "fourPlusPumpFires": 23 }, { "key": "pubs_bars_nightlife", "label": "Pubs, bars and nightlife", "propertyTypes": [ "Casino", "Club/night club", "Pub/wine bar/bar" ], "fires": { "2021": 61, "2022": 75, "2023": 63, "2024": 66, "2025": 71 }, "totalFires": 336, "falseAlarms": { "2021": 609, "2022": 766, "2023": 797, "2024": 665, "2025": 441 }, "totalFalseAlarms": 3278, "meanFirstPumpResponseSeconds": 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"retail_warehouses": 2, "customer_services": 3, "restaurants_cafes": 6, "takeaways_fast_food": 3, "pubs_bars_nightlife": 1, "hotels_guest_accommodation": 2, "event_entertainment_venues": 8 }, "leadingGroup": "Shops and retail premises", "leadingGroupFires": 15, "audits2025": 126, "broadlyCompliantOutcomes2025": 121, "nonCompliantOutcomes2025": 8, "formalActionOutcomes2025": 1, "firstPumpResponseSeconds2025": 353, "pumpMobilisations2025": 3739 }, { "name": "Sutton", "slug": "sutton", "selectedWorkplaceFires": 31, "groups": { "offices": 2, "shops": 16, "retail_warehouses": 1, "customer_services": 1, "restaurants_cafes": 5, "takeaways_fast_food": 2, "pubs_bars_nightlife": 2, "hotels_guest_accommodation": 2, "event_entertainment_venues": 0 }, "leadingGroup": "Shops and retail premises", "leadingGroupFires": 16, "audits2025": 54, "broadlyCompliantOutcomes2025": 49, "nonCompliantOutcomes2025": 9, "formalActionOutcomes2025": 4, "firstPumpResponseSeconds2025": 321, "pumpMobilisations2025": 3866 } ], "regulatoryContext": [ { "year": 2025, "propertyUse": "Licensed Premises", "audits": 430, "premisesWithAuditRecord": 425, "broadlyCompliant": 344, "nonCompliant": 90, "deficiencyNotices": 78, "formalActions": 12 }, { "year": 2025, "propertyUse": "Hotel", "audits": 225, "premisesWithAuditRecord": 224, "broadlyCompliant": 177, "nonCompliant": 51, "deficiencyNotices": 38, "formalActions": 8 } ], "sources": [ { "name": "London Fire Brigade Incident Records", "url": "https://data.london.gov.uk/dataset/london-fire-brigade-incident-records-em8xy/", "use": "Selected workplace property types, recorded fires, false alarms, attendance time and pumps attending for complete calendar years 2021–2025." }, { "name": "Regulatory fire safety inspections and audits", "url": "https://data.london.gov.uk/dataset/regulatory-fire-safety-inspections-and-audits-2ozkn", "use": "London-authority audit and outcome context for calendar year 2025; separately identified licensed-premises and hotel records." }, { "name": "London Fire Brigade Mobilisation Records", "url": "https://data.london.gov.uk/dataset/london-fire-brigade-mobilisation-records-24r65/", "use": "London-authority pump mobilisation and first-pump response context for calendar year 2025." } ], "limitations": [ "Counts cover only the published LFB property types listed in the dataset; they are not every workplace fire in London.", "Raw totals are not adjusted for the number, size, occupancy, opening hours or footfall of premises, so they are not risk rates or a safety league table.", "Borough audit, formal-action and response figures cover all relevant published records in that borough and cannot be attributed to the selected workplace fires.", "An audit record or recorded outcome does not, by itself, establish the present compliance position of a premises.", "First-pump attendance and pump counts describe the recorded emergency response; they do not measure fire severity on their own." ] }