IF SOAP towns were real places absolutely nobody would want to live in them.
The residents of Coronation Street, Emmerdale, Hollyoaks and EastEnders are constantly being attacked on their doorsteps and are dropping like flies.
Corrie alone has seen its locals being stabbed, shot, and bludgeoned to death, or shoved off tall buildings – remember Tina McIntyre’s balcony death?
Being the longest running soap, it’s perhaps no surprise that Corrie has the worst crime rate, with Weatherfield clocking up 467 serious crimes in its 60-year history.
However, only 36 of those resulted in murder so it’s probably the most desirable town of them all.
EastEnders has racked up 437 crimes including 42 murders in Albert Square since 1985, and Emmerdale’s had 408 (43 murders) since 1972.
Hollyoaks should be avoided at all costs, with the bloodbath town becoming soapland’s murder mile thanks to 85 killings and 115 crimes in total in its 26 years.
The show’s ‘gloved hand killer’ Lindsay Butterfield, played by Sophie Austin, has claimed the most lives out of any soap villain.
Lindsay claimed the lives of seven characters in 2015 many via lethal injection.
Meanwhile, Enders gangster Phil Mitchell has 21 crimes to his name, including torture, arson and firearms possession and manslaughter.
Attempted murderers Steve Owen and Dirty Den – actors Martin Kemp and Leslie Grantham – each achieved 18 offences on EastEnders, Emmerdale’s Debbie Dingle, played by Charley Webb, and Kim Tate – actress Claire King – committed 18 crimes each, and so did Cain Dingle (Jeff Hordley).
