Assessment of Local Risks: Ward-Level Fire and Emergency Risk Data for London, 2017

Ward-level data underpinning the London Fire Brigade's 2017 Assessment of Local Risks, which supported the London Safety Plan. The data was used to create a public-facing document and a postcode look-up tool to illustrate how fire and emergency risks combine across London. The dataset is published by the Greater London Authority and was last updated on the platform in June 2026.

Use Cases

• Modeling spatial patterns of fire risk based on ward-level geographic data mentioned in the description
• Analyzing how different risk elements combine over time as described in the public document
• Developing tools for public risk awareness based on the postcode look-up tool referenced
• Benchmarking historical risk assessments against newer Community Risk Management Plans

Strengths

• Data is granular, published at the ward level for London
• Publicly documented methodology reviewed as part of a formal planning process
• Associated with a public-facing tool (postcode look-up) for validation and application

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Data is from 2017 and was superseded by a new Community Risk Management Plan in 2023
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment

Provenance

Source

Greater London Authority

Collection Method

Likely compiled by the London Fire Brigade as part of its Integrated Risk Management Plan process.

Time Range

Supports the London Safety Plan 2017, originally covering April 2017 to March 2021 (extended to March 2023).

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-24 21:04:56.329704; freshness should be verified

Geography

London, United Kingdom, at the ward level.