Electrical fire hotspots revealed: UK homes face dramatically different risk depending on where they live

Suffolk is joined by Northamptonshire and South Yorkshire as the hotspots of electrical fires, the latter experiencing more over a five year period than anywhere else in England. The top three all had one fire for under 500 houses, a statistic 10-times higher than the safest regions in the country.

James Harrison, owner of Fusion Electrical said: “Electrical safety is something that can easily be overlooked until there is a problem. Homeowners should not wait for an electrical fault or fire before considering the condition and safety of their home's electrical installation.

“Our aim in carrying out this research was to highlight the scale of the issue and encourage people to take electrical safety seriously.”

Across last year there were well over 3,000 fires due to electrical faults in the UK, up on the previous year and it seems more of us are failing to replace or maintain appliances during the cost of living crisis.

James added: “We understand that people are having to manage finances much more closely these days, and some appliances may not feel a priority, but it’s important not to compromise on electricals.”

However, in North Yorkshire, Oxfordshire and Hertfordshire, more rural and areas which traditionally aren’t feeling the pinch as tightly that experience the lowest number of electrical faults, with one in every 5,774 homes, one in every 5,447 homes and one in every 3,243 homes across a five year period respectively. Norfolk, West Yorkshire and the West Midlands also rank as some of the safest places when it comes to electrical fires.