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UK fire door statistics
This page collects the UK fire door and fire safety statistics most often cited in compliance discussions, each one verified against the original published source before inclusion. Figures cover England unless stated otherwise, and every entry links to the original publication or, where the original is no longer online, a named report of it. We will update this collection as new official releases are published.
75% of the more than 100,000 fire doors inspected in the UK by Fire Door Inspection Scheme (FDIS) approved inspectors during 2021 did not meet the required standard.Source: Fire Door Inspection Scheme (FDIS) data, reported by The Construction Index · 2021
77% of fire doors that failed FDIS inspection in 2021 had excessive gaps between the door and frame; 54% had care and maintenance issues and 37% had smoke sealing problems.Source: Fire Door Inspection Scheme (FDIS) data, reported by The Construction Index · 2021
31% of fire door inspection failures recorded by FDIS in 2021 were due to improper installation, meaning those doors were never fit to hold back fire and smoke.Source: Fire Door Inspection Scheme (FDIS) data, reported by The Construction Index · 2021
26,298 dwelling fires were attended by fire and rescue services in England in the year ending December 2025.Source: MHCLG, Fire and rescue incident statistics, England, year ending December 2025 · 2025
201 of the 283 fire-related fatalities in England in the year ending December 2025 occurred in dwelling fires — roughly 7 in every 10 fire deaths happen in the home.Source: MHCLG, Fire and rescue incident statistics, England, year ending December 2025 · 2025
6,838 non-fatal fire casualties were recorded in England in the year ending December 2025, an increase of 7.3% on the previous year.Source: MHCLG, Fire and rescue incident statistics, England, year ending December 2025 · 2025
51,020 fire safety audits were carried out by fire and rescue services in England in the year ending March 2025, and only 58% recorded a satisfactory outcome.Source: MHCLG, Fire prevention and protection statistics, England, April 2024 to March 2025 · 2025
2,972 formal notices — including 1,728 enforcement notices and 959 prohibition notices — followed fire safety audits in England in the year ending March 2025, equivalent to 5.8% of all audits.Source: MHCLG, Fire prevention and protection statistics, England, April 2024 to March 2025 · 2025
588,855 home fire safety visits were completed by fire and rescue services and their partners in England in the year ending March 2025, with 85% targeted at vulnerable households.Source: MHCLG, Fire prevention and protection statistics, England, April 2024 to March 2025 · 2025
30 minutes was the design fire resistance of a Grenfell Tower flat entrance door that failed after approximately 15 minutes when tested by the Metropolitan Police in 2018.Source: MHCLG press release, Update on fire doors investigation (16 May 2018) · 2018
3-monthly checks that all fire doors are fitted with effective self-closing devices in working order were recommended for every residential building containing separate dwellings by the Grenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 1 report.Source: Grenfell Tower Inquiry, Phase 1 report overview, recommendation 33.29 (October 2019) · 2019
400+ other high-rise residential buildings around the country were found by post-fire surveys to have external wall materials similar to those used on Grenfell Tower, the Inquiry's Phase 1 report noted.Source: Grenfell Tower Inquiry, Phase 1 report overview, paragraph 33.6 (October 2019) · 2019
72 people, 18 of them children, died in the Grenfell Tower fire of 14 June 2017; the Inquiry's Phase 2 report of 4 September 2024 made 58 recommendations.Source: UK Government response to the Grenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 2 report (February 2025) · 2024
3 million new fire doors are sold in the UK each year, according to the British Woodworking Federation.Source: British Woodworking Federation Fire Door Alliance · 2015
30% of people responsible for specifying, installing or maintaining fire doors said they were unsure of, or did not understand, their responsibilities under the Building Safety Act, in a BWF survey of 1,000 respondents.Source: British Woodworking Federation Fire Door Alliance survey (2022) · 2022
476,423 houses in multiple occupation (HMOs) were estimated in England in 2023-24, of which 134,261 were assessed as mandatory licensable and 93,806 actually held a licence.Source: MHCLG, Local Authority Housing Statistics data returns 2023 to 2024 (Section F, England totals) · 2024
4.2 million dwellings in England — 16.3% of the 25.8 million total — were social and affordable rented homes owned by housing associations or local authorities as at 31 March 2025.Source: MHCLG, Dwelling stock estimates, England: 31 March 2025 · 2025