Deprivation and accidental dwelling fires in the Greater Manchester Area between 2013/14 and 2023/24

Taylor, M ORCID: 0000-0002-5647-426X, Dean, E, Fielding, J, Lyon, R ORCID: 0000-0003-3776-2087 and Kwasnica, V Deprivation and accidental dwelling fires in the Greater Manchester Area between 2013/14 and 2023/24. Fire and Materials. ISSN 0308-0501 (Accepted)

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Abstract

In this article the relationship between the level of deprivation, measured by the Indices of Multiple Deprivation decile (IMD decile) determined by the UK Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government, and the numbers of different types of accidental dwelling fires (ADFs) in populations across the different IMD deciles is examined. Data concerning the different types of accidental dwelling fires categorised by the source of ignition of the fire from Greater Manchester between 2013/14 to 2023/24 was used for the analysis. Overall, there was a strong and statistically significant level of correlation (0.97, p < 0.001) between the level of deprivation and the overall number of accidental dwelling fires per 10,000 population in the 2019 IMD deciles, and across all the different types of accidental dwelling fires (for example, cooking, smoking related and heating fires). In particular, the ratio of accidental dwelling smoking related fires per 100,000 population in IMD 1 deciles (most deprived) to IMD 10 deciles (least deprived) in Greater Manchester over the period studied was 8.4 to 1.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	0399 Other Chemical Sciences; 0904 Chemical Engineering; 0999 Other Engineering; Polymers; 3403 Macromolecular and materials chemistry; 4016 Materials engineering
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology > HV697 Protection, assistance and relief
Divisions:	Computer Science and Mathematics
Publisher:	Wiley
Date of acceptance:	7 March 2026
Date Deposited:	10 Mar 2026 09:01
Last Modified:	10 Mar 2026 09:01
URI:	https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/28218

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