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London education and care-premises fire statistics

Explore five complete years of recorded fires across selected London education, care, supported-living and healthcare premises.

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Source: LFB Incident RecordsComplete years: 2021–2025Licence: Open Government Licence

London education and care snapshot

What the published records show

These are recorded incident counts, not estimates or ratings. They are not adjusted for the number, size or occupancy of premises.

011,206

Recorded fires, 2021–2025

02249

Recorded fires in 2025

0338,868

False alarms, 2021–2025

04113

Fires attended by four or more pumps

Interactive five-year view

Compare the published premises groups

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Recorded fires

All selected premises

1,206

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Premises mix

Where recorded education and care fires occurred

The four groups separate early years and schools, further and higher education, care settings and healthcare premises using LFB’s published property labels.

01
Early years and schools288
24% of this selected dataset
02
Further and higher education83
7% of this selected dataset
03
Care and supported settings486
40% of this selected dataset
04
Healthcare premises349
29% of this selected dataset

When fires were recorded

Monthly and time-of-day patterns

The combined charts show call timing across the selected property groups. They do not show when a hazard first developed.

Recorded fires by month

109Jan
97Feb
104Mar
96Apr
113May
82Jun
107Jul
81Aug
95Sep
111Oct
106Nov
105Dec

Recorded fires by call-time band

00:00–05:59124
06:00–11:59318
12:00–17:59471
18:00–23:59293

London-authority pattern

All selected premises by London authority

Counts are influenced by the number and scale of establishments and do not account for bed spaces, pupils, patients, opening hours or the needs of occupants.

01
Greenwich74
02
Camden61
03
Barnet51
04
Southwark48
05
Westminster48
06
Sutton46
07
Bromley44
08
Hillingdon44
09
Newham44
10
Redbridge44
All 33 London authorities, ordered by selected recorded fires
RankAuthorityRecorded firesLeading group
01Greenwich74Care and supported settings
02Camden61Healthcare premises
03Barnet51Care and supported settings
04Southwark48Care and supported settings
05Westminster48Healthcare premises
06Sutton46Care and supported settings
07Bromley44Healthcare premises
08Hillingdon44Care and supported settings
09Newham44Healthcare premises
10Redbridge44Care and supported settings
11Croydon43Early years and schools
12Enfield43Care and supported settings
13Lambeth42Early years and schools
14Brent41Care and supported settings
15Lewisham40Care and supported settings
16Wandsworth40Healthcare premises
17Ealing39Early years and schools
18Havering37Care and supported settings
19Tower Hamlets37Early years and schools
20Hackney35Healthcare premises
21Bexley34Care and supported settings
22Hammersmith and Fulham33Care and supported settings
23Hounslow30Care and supported settings
24Islington27Care and supported settings
25Kensington and Chelsea27Healthcare premises
26Waltham Forest26Care and supported settings
27Harrow25Care and supported settings
28Haringey22Care and supported settings
29Richmond Upon Thames22Early years and schools
30Kingston Upon Thames20Care and supported settings
31Merton17Care and supported settings
32Barking and Dagenham15Early years and schools
33City of London7Healthcare premises

Do not use this as a safety league table. A larger total does not prove an authority or premises is less safe. Reliable exposure denominators are not included.

Use the evidence carefully

What this dataset can—and cannot—show

Supported by the records

  • Five-year counts for the listed LFB property types
  • Distribution across London authorities
  • Monthly and call-time patterns
  • Recorded response and mobilisation measures

Not established

  • The probability of fire at a particular premises
  • Compliance with fire-safety law
  • A borough or operator safety score
  • The correct controls for an individual building

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How this dataset was defined

We filtered complete calendar years 2021–2025 and included fires and false alarms only where LFB’s published property type matched one of the definitions below. Special-service incidents were excluded.

Published groupIncluded LFB property types
Early years and schoolsInfant/Primary school; Pre School/nursery; Secondary school
Further and higher educationCollege/University; Other education establishment
Care and supported settingsChildren's Home; Day care/Drop in centre; Nursing/Care Home/Hospice; Other Residential Home; Retirement/Old Persons Home
Healthcare premisesDental surgery; Doctors surgery; Health Centre; Hospital; Medical/health centre; Other medical establishment (including surgery)
Primary sourceLFB Incident RecordsJanuary 2018 to April 2026; complete calendar years 2021–2025 used

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