Permanent Surrey local authority profile
Guildford fire and rescue incident statistics
Annual SFRS incident totals for Guildford, Shalford, Ripley and the wider authority, with transparent comparisons, reusable downloads and local fire risk assessment guidance.
Page summary
What the published figures show for Guildford
SFRS recorded 7,625 incidents in Guildford across 2020–2025, representing 12.4% of the Surrey total. The annual series moved from 1,331 in 2020 to 1,201 in 2025—9.8% lower.
Guildford has a varied mix of major offices, university and education estates, retail, hospitality, residential blocks, industrial premises and rural communities.
Local data at a glance
Guildford in the Surrey comparison
Raw totals reflect service demand as well as population, roads, land use, premises and reporting. They must not be interpreted as a safety league table.
The population-context figure combines the 2025 incident count with the Census 2021 population of 143,649. It is descriptive context, not a current risk rate or a measure of compliance.
Six-year view
Incidents attended in Guildford, 2020–2025
The bars show all incidents recorded against the authority in the official district table. Select the complete Surrey explorer for county-wide categories and every local authority.
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Local context
Guildford, West Surrey
Main places: Guildford, Shalford, Ripley.
Authority totals can be useful for describing published SFRS demand, but they cannot reveal the condition, management or legal compliance of a particular building.
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Fire risk assessment considerations in Guildford
A local incident total cannot define the assessment scope. The building’s use, people, layout, construction, management and existing fire precautions remain decisive.
Offices and managed buildings
Multi-tenant control, hybrid occupancy and shared landlord systems require clear cooperation and maintenance records.
Education estates
Large sites, laboratories, halls and out-of-hours use can require several evacuation and management arrangements.
Hospitality and mixed use
Public access, changing occupancy and residential accommodation above commercial uses can alter the assessment scope.
Use the data carefully
What this profile can—and cannot—tell you
It can show
- The annual SFRS incident total recorded for Guildford
- Changes in the published raw count from 2020 to 2025
- The authority’s share and position within the Surrey table
- Population context using a clearly dated Census denominator
- A stable source for reports, articles and local guidance
It cannot show
- How many district incidents were fires rather than other calls
- Whether a particular premises is safe or legally compliant
- A current rate per premises, visitor or operating hour
- The cause of differences between Surrey authorities
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Reuse the Guildford profile
Download the authority series, copy a source-ready citation or embed the branded summary card in a council page, article or report.
Local fire-service directory
Fire stations located in Guildford
See the 2 published station records grouped for the authority, including addresses, postcodes, crewing descriptions and an indicative location plot.
Transparent method
Official source and calculation notes
The authority values are copied from Surrey County Council’s district CSV. Totals, rankings, shares and changes are calculated directly from those values; no incident category is assigned at district level.
Professional support
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