UK fire door statistics

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.

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.

dwelling fires were attended by fire and rescue services in England in the year ending December 2025.

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.

non-fatal fire casualties were recorded in England in the year ending December 2025, an increase of 7.3% on the previous year.

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.

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.

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.

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.

-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.

+ 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.

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.

million new fire doors are sold in the UK each year, according to the British Woodworking Federation.

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.

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.

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.