{
  "title": "Fire incidents in selected nearby London districts, 2023/24\u20132025/26",
  "publisher": "Fire Safety Services",
  "source": "https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/fire-statistics-incident-level-datasets",
  "source_workbook": "https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6aa90f07be1f2d8af120c641/Low_level_geography_dataset_202324_to_present.ods",
  "guidance": "https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/fire-statistics-incident-level-datasets/low-level-geography-dataset-guidance",
  "source_published": "2026-07-22",
  "derived_snapshot": "2026-09-17",
  "license": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "geography": "Local-authority district inferred from the 2021 LSOA description, not town boundaries",
  "missing_lsoa_England": {
    "2023/24": 22,
    "2024/25": 34,
    "2025/26": 343
  },
  "total_incidents_England": {
    "2023/24": 241936,
    "2024/25": 243512,
    "2025/26": 257151
  },
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    },
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