{
  "source_url": "https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6917412ebc34c86ce4e6e7fc/File_10_-_IoD2025_Local_Authority_District_Summaries__lower-tier__v2.xlsx",
  "sha256": "6c38a2fd3998e0caf76a3ef8da331613d52d6d0320065ccef346103fd9770a7e",
  "worksheet": "IMD",
  "measure": "IMD - Rank of average score",
  "geography": "May 2024 local authority districts",
  "selection": "Three highest and three lowest ranked fire rates, chosen before examining deprivation ranks",
  "interpretation": "Context only; no causal model or nationwide correlation test",
  "rows": [
    {
      "council_code": "E08000003",
      "council_area": "Manchester",
      "fire_rank_out_of_289": 1,
      "annual_fires_per_10000_dwellings": "16.696037",
      "imd_2025_rank_of_average_score_out_of_296": 4
    },
    {
      "council_code": "E06000018",
      "council_area": "Nottingham",
      "fire_rank_out_of_289": 2,
      "annual_fires_per_10000_dwellings": "16.636638",
      "imd_2025_rank_of_average_score_out_of_296": 20
    },
    {
      "council_code": "E06000009",
      "council_area": "Blackpool",
      "fire_rank_out_of_289": 3,
      "annual_fires_per_10000_dwellings": "16.586461",
      "imd_2025_rank_of_average_score_out_of_296": 1
    },
    {
      "council_code": "E07000089",
      "council_area": "Hart",
      "fire_rank_out_of_289": 289,
      "annual_fires_per_10000_dwellings": "4.434072",
      "imd_2025_rank_of_average_score_out_of_296": 296
    },
    {
      "council_code": "E07000009",
      "council_area": "East Cambridgeshire",
      "fire_rank_out_of_289": 288,
      "annual_fires_per_10000_dwellings": "4.810593",
      "imd_2025_rank_of_average_score_out_of_296": 247
    },
    {
      "council_code": "E07000115",
      "council_area": "Tonbridge and Malling",
      "fire_rank_out_of_289": 287,
      "annual_fires_per_10000_dwellings": "5.035689",
      "imd_2025_rank_of_average_score_out_of_296": 233
    }
  ],
  "additional_sources": [
    {
      "url": "https://doi.org/10.1002/fam.70062",
      "use": "Greater Manchester accidental dwelling fires, 2013/14–2023/24; association and possible mechanisms, not causes assigned to our councils"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/detailed-analysis-of-fires-england-year-ending-march-2026/detailed-analysis-of-fires-and-response-times-to-fires-attended-by-fire-and-rescue-services-england-year-ending-march-2026",
      "use": "National accidental dwelling-fire ignition shares; not council-specific"
    }
  ]
}