Coronation Street is the DEADLIEST place to live on Earth

Weatherfield residents are four times more likely to be assassinated than those living in Mexico's drug capital 
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Emma Powell26 October 2018

Forget Midsummer Murders – Coronation Street is officially the deadliest place in the world.

Don’t be fooled by the famous cobbles and Betty’s hotpot – the northern neighbourhood has been home to 181 deaths.

The fictional suburb of Weatherfield is worse than Los Cabos, with research showing you are four times more likely to be killed on Coronation Street than in the Mexican city.

Some 32 characters have been murdered, 38 had heart attacks, 18 died as a result of accidents and eight suffered bizarre deaths.

Deadly: Serial killer Pat Phelan wreaked havoc on the Corrie cobbles
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The remaining 85 died from illness or natural causes.

A spokesman for Verve Search, who compiled the data from the soap’s 2017 cast list for Buzz Bingo, said: “Los Cabos (Mexico) has the highest murder rate, yet looking at murders per 1,000 people, you are four times more likely to be assassinated in Weatherfield.

“We also found that compared with other top British soaps, Weatherfield is where you’re most likely to meet a grizzly end as a result of an unfortunate accident.”

EastEnders has had 28 murders and Emmerdale, 27.

Some of soaps most iconic serial killers have been born out of Corrie, including Richard Hillman who famously drove the Platt’s into the canal and Pat Phelan who murdered Luke Britton, Andy Carver, Michael Rodwell and Vinnie Ashford in a bid to conceal his lies before being stabbed by Anna Windass.

Most recently Ali Neeson killed Ronan Truman by pulling a wooden stake from his heart.

Other bizarre demises have come from electrocutions and being frozen alive.

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