False alarms in
Redbridge.

25th of 33
in London.

London Fire Brigade attended 851 automatic fire alarm (AFA) false alarms in Redbridge in 2025. That is 1.8% of the London total and places it 25th of 33 areas. They made up 26.3% of everything the Brigade attended in the borough, below the London figure of 34.1%. The count is not adjusted for population or for the number of buildings.

The 2025 total was 30 lower than in 2024 (-3.4%). The highest year in the series was 2024, with 881, and the lowest was 2020, with 601.

From 1 January to 31 July 2026 the Brigade attended 486 AFA false alarms in Redbridge, against 470 in the same dates of 2025 (+3.4%, a smaller rise than London’s +10.0%). 2026 is a part year and should not be set against a full one.

Daytime attendance
at workplaces: -46.9%.

Since 29 October 2024 London Fire Brigade has not attended automatic fire alarms at most non-residential buildings between 07:00 and 20:30 unless a person also calls 999 to report a fire. Homes, schools, hospitals and the other premises on its exemption list still get a response at any hour.

In the year before London Fire Brigade changed its response on 29 October 2024, it attended 239 AFA false alarms at non-residential buildings in Redbridge between 07:00 and 20:30. In the year after it attended 127 (-46.9%). That is a smaller fall than London’s -53.4%, and ranks 26th of the 33 areas by size of fall. Residential attendances, which the policy does not affect, rose from 558 to 631 (+13.1%) over the same two years.

Mostly homes,
not workplaces.

Homes and other residential buildings account for 667 of the 851 (78.4%), and non-residential buildings for 21.6%, close to the London split. The property type with the most was “Self contained Sheltered Housing” (146, 17.2% of the borough total), followed by “House - single occupancy” (100). Across London the leading type is “Purpose Built Flats/Maisonettes - 4 to 9 storeys”.