Independent data library
Source-led dashboards and reusable evidence for responsible persons, councils, journalists, researchers and fire-safety professionals.
Current resources
Each resource separates official source data from our interpretation and states where comparison is limited.
Compare offices, shops, restaurants, hotels and other selected workplaces using five complete years of incidents, all-authority comparisons and separately labelled 2025 regulatory context.
3,490 selected recorded fires across 2021–2025Read the workplace reportReview the latest annual incidents, fires, false alarms, non-fire incidents, casualties and response-time measures with definitions, comparisons and reusable downloads.
641,227 incidents in the year ending March 2026Explore England fire statisticsCompare the June 2026 UK House Price Index for flats, maisonettes and other London property types, with provisional-status and fire-safety limitations made explicit.
£431,000 average flat or maisonette price in June 2026Explore London flat pricesRead the publication-ready findings behind the 33-authority review, including the active-scheme count, announced 2026 starts, calculation and interpretation limits.
28 of 33 authorities active in either local category at the snapshotRead the London licensing briefingCompare mandatory, additional HMO and selective property-licensing positions, scheme dates and direct council sources across every London authority.
33 authorities checked at 1 August 2026Check London licensing schemesCompare recorded fires, regulatory activity, home fire-safety visits and response times across all 33 London authorities. Create shareable borough profiles and download derived CSV files.
137,981 LFB incidents in 2025Explore the London dashboardSearch current station addresses and postcodes, compare 2025 first-pump activity and open grouped station directories for all 33 London authorities.
103 stations in the current government snapshotSearch London fire stationsExplore five-year LFB incident trends for restaurants, cafés, takeaways, pubs, bars, hotels and event venues, with interactive borough comparisons and reusable downloads.
1,768 recorded fires across 2021–2025Explore hospitality fire dataCompare five-year LFB fire trends for offices, shops, supermarkets, retail warehouses and selected customer-service premises.
1,722 selected recorded fires across 2021–2025Explore workplace and retail dataCompare houses, flats, HMOs, sheltered and student accommodation, hostels and other selected sleeping premises by year and authority.
24,700 selected recorded fires across 2021–2025Explore residential fire dataExplore LFB records for schools, nurseries, further and higher education, care settings and healthcare premises.
1,206 selected recorded fires across 2021–2025Explore education and care dataCompare factories, manufacturing, processing, utilities, warehouses, storage and workshops, with the construction-data limitation made explicit.
1,082 selected recorded fires across 2021–2025Explore industrial fire dataFollow national, programme, regional and local-authority remediation progress while retaining the official reporting date, programme definitions and limitations.
4,469 buildings monitored at 30 June 2026Open the cladding trackerUse publication-ready findings from six years of Surrey incident data, with a reusable chart, complete downloads and explicit interpretation limits.
61,328 attended incidents analysed across 2020–2025Read the Surrey briefingCompare annual fire and rescue incident totals across all 11 Surrey districts and boroughs, then open permanent authority profiles with downloads, citations and embeds.
61,328 incidents across 2020–2025Compare Surrey local authoritiesReview verified county figures, response and prevention context, the new district dataset and the official sources behind each measure.
Official local and national sources comparedReview the Surrey evidenceSearch station addresses, postcodes and published crewing descriptions, grouped into all 11 Surrey district and borough authority areas.
25 stations in the current government snapshotSearch Surrey fire stationsFollow the development of organised fire services, fire precautions and the modern risk-assessment regime through source-linked timelines.
Four source-led operational and historical guidesExplore the fire-safety timelineResearch method
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Check totals, labels, programme overlap and changes in methodology.
Show denominators, caveats and distinctions that affect interpretation.
Review releases, update dated pages and publish corrections when needed.
For councils, journalists and researchers
Link to the relevant dashboard or selected borough profile so readers can see the source, period and limitations alongside the figure. Suggested citations and reuse guidance are available on a dedicated page.
Use and cite our fire-safety dataFrom area data to premises evidence
Area-level data does not determine whether a particular premises is compliant or safe. The responsible person still needs a suitable and sufficient assessment based on the actual building, occupants, hazards and precautions.