Latest raw-count position14 of 33
Tower Hamlets sits in the middle third of London authorities by 2025 recorded-fire count. The figure was 1.6% below its own 2021–2025 annual average of 696.
Permanent London borough data profile
Tower Hamlets fire statistics
Recorded fires, regulatory activity, prevention work, mobilisation and response measures, fatal-fire context and reusable downloads derived from official London Fire Brigade data.
Borough summary
What the published figures say about Tower Hamlets
Tower Hamlets recorded 685 fires in calendar year 2025, ranking 14 of the 33 London authorities by raw count. This was 15.1% above the all-borough average of 595.
Across 2021–2025, the annual count changed by 13.0% (up from 606 to 685). The highest count in this five-year series was 813 in 2022.
Calculated local reading
What distinguishes this borough profile
These observations are calculated from the published values on this page. They describe the dataset without explaining causes or assigning a safety or performance score.
Shape of the five-year series2021–2022
The series ranged from 606 in 2021 to 813 in 2022. The largest annual movement was a 34.2% increase between 2021 and 2022. Across the four year-to-year comparisons, 2 increased and 2 decreased.
First-pump response context4 of 33
The 4m 53s mean sits in the shortest third of the 33 borough values and was 40 seconds shorter than the simple all-borough mean. Geography, station availability and incident mix are not controlled here.
Prevention and premises context26 of 33
521 home fire-safety visits were recorded in 2024/25, 30.8% below the all-borough average. Outdoor Structure was the leading 2025 fire category, representing 32.1% of the borough count.
Calculation note: rankings use raw published borough values; averages are simple means across the 33 authorities; percentages are rounded to one decimal place. They are not adjusted for population, premises, land area or exposure.
Explicit reporting periods
Tower Hamlets data at a glance
Every figure below carries its own period because the five source publications do not cover the same dates.
Five-year incident view
Recorded fires in Tower Hamlets, 2021–2025
The downloadable SVG keeps the title, reporting period, figures and source attribution with the chart for use in council papers, articles and reports.
Regulatory activity
Recorded outcomes in 2025
- Audits
- 237
- Broadly compliant outcomes
- 192
- Non-compliant outcomes
- 51
- Notices of deficiencies
- 33
- Formal-action outcomes
- 12
These are outcome rows in the source and are not necessarily separate premises or mutually exclusive stages. They must not be converted into a compliance percentage without record-level analysis.
Mobilisation and response
First-appliance measures in 2025
- First-pump mobilisations
- 5,429
- Mean turnout time
- 1m 13s
- Mean travel time
- 3m 41s
- Mean attendance time
- 4m 53s
- 90th-percentile attendance
- 7m 18s
The mean attendance figure was 40 seconds shorter than the simple all-borough mean of 5m 33s. This is descriptive, not an LFB performance judgement.
Prevention and premises
Visits and leading fire category
- Home fire-safety visits
- 521
- Visit rank by raw count
- 26 of 33
- Leading 2025 fire category
- Outdoor Structure
- Fires in that category
- 220
The leading category accounted for 32.1% of the borough’s recorded fires in 2025. Property category is an incident classification, not proof of a cause or building defect.
Historical fatal-fire context
Latest reusable borough publication
- Fire deaths, 2018–2022
- 3
- Fires with a fatality, 2018–2022
- 3
- Fire deaths in 2022
- 0
These figures are deliberately labelled as historical. The latest borough-level Fire Facts workbook used ends in 2022, so they must not be presented as a current 2025 total.
Official risk context
LFB plans for the borough—not a league-table rating
LFB’s Assessment of Risk considers foreseeable risks across London, while Borough Risk Management Plans explain local priorities and actions. The cited publications do not provide a single reusable “low, medium or high” classification for ranking all boroughs, so this site does not invent one.
Local fire-service directory
Fire stations located in Tower Hamlets
See the 5 published station records grouped for the borough, including addresses, postcodes, an indicative location plot and 2025 first-pump activity. The directory keeps station deployments separate from borough incident totals.
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Sources and method
Five official LFB publications
The profile is a derived compilation. Reporting periods differ and each source may later be revised.
Read the complete methodology and update historyLFB Incident Records
Recorded fires and leading property category
- Period
- Calendar years 2021–2025
- Licence
- Open Government Licence v2
Regulatory fire safety inspections and audits
Audits and recorded regulatory outcomes
- Period
- Calendar year 2025
- Licence
- Open Government Licence v3
LFB Mobilisation Records
Pump mobilisations, turnout, travel and attendance time
- Period
- Calendar year 2025
- Licence
- Open Government Licence v2
Home Fire Safety Visits by London Borough
Completed home fire-safety visits
- Period
- Financial year 2024/25
- Licence
- Creative Commons Attribution
Fatal fires in Greater London – Fire Facts 2022
Fire deaths and fires with a fire-related fatality
- Period
- Calendar years 2018–2022
- Licence
- Open Government Licence v3