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    The most burgled places in Britain

    A small village in Yorkshire is rivalling London for the dubious honour of being the most burgled place to live in Britain.

    By James Andrews | Yahoo! Finance UK – Fri, Feb 3, 2012 12:24 GMT

    The village of Apperley Bridge in Yorkshire is one of the most burgled places in Britain


    Britain’s most burgled postcodes have been revealed – with Yorkshire and London vying to become the highest-risk place to live.

    Fully half of the top 20 were in Yorkshire, with London the next most burgled place, with Birmingham, Lincolnshire and Hertfordshire rounding off the list.

    “Homeowners [in high-risk areas] need to be extra vigilant when it comes to security – installing timers on your lights and ensuring items of value are kept away from your windows are easy steps to take to reduce risk. But you never know when an opportunistic thief may strike, so it’s crucial to ensure your home contents insurance is fully up to date, and is at a high enough level to cover all your belongings sufficiently,” said Julie Fisher, head of home insurance at Moneysupermarket – who conducted the research.

    Moneysupermarket looked at 3 million applications for home insurance across the UK in the last 12 months, then cross-referenced where people had made claims for burglary with where they lived to work out the areas most at risk.

    Stoke Newington topped the list, with 33.6 burglary claims per 1,000 applications, followed by the picturesque village of Apperley Bridge near Bradford at 31.7 claims per 1,000 applications.

    “Being in a higher risk area doesn’t necessarily mean where you live is bad or rife with crime – many thieves will target more affluent areas purely for the rewards on offer,” Fisher explained.

    The 20 most burgled post codes
      Postcode District Town County / City Number of theft claims per 1000 enquiries
    1 N16 Stoke Newington London 33.6
    2 BD10 Apperley Bridge Bradford 31.7
    3 B71 West Bromwich West Midlands 31.7
    4 N22 Wood Green London 30.3
    5 LS13 Bramley, Rodley, Swinnow Leeds 30
    6 LS15 Austhorpe, Barwick-in-Elmet, Colton, Cross Gates, Halton, Halton Moor, Scholes, Whitkirk Leeds 28.9
    7 BD18 Saltaire, Shipley, Windhill, Wrose Bradford 28.6
    8 LS7 Chapel Allerton, Chapeltown, Little London, Meanwood, Potternewton, Sheepscar Leeds 27.4
    9 DN2 Intake, Wheatley, Wheatley Hills Doncaster 27.3
    10 SW16 Streatham London 27.2
    11 LS8 Fearnville, Gipton, Gledhow, Harehills, Moortown, Oakwood, Roundhay Leeds 27.1
    12 UB7 West Drayton, Harmondsworth, Sipson, Yiewsley, Longford Greater London 26.4
    13 IG8 Woodford Green London 26.2
    14 EN5 Barnet Hertfordshire 26.1
    15 B75 Sutton Trinity, Falcon Lodge, Rectory Birmingham 25.9
    16 DN35 Cleethorpes North East Lincolnshire 25.9
    17 S13 Handsworth, Richmond, Woodhouse Sheffield 25.8
    18 BD2 Eccleshill, Fagley, Wrose Bradford 25.6
    19 LS12 Armley, Farnley, New Farnley, Wortley Leeds 25.2
    20 NW7 Mill Hill London 25

     
    • JOHN
      JOHN  •  London, England  •  3 months ago
      If convicted then you should remove items from where they call home, take the telly and xbox even if it's the parents let them know how it feels to have some thing taken. Some of the parents then might think about what teenagers are up to.
      • B2
        B2 3 months ago
        Take it all and the right to live in a house like descent people.
      • Dave
        Dave 3 months ago
        I completely agree,they should be burgled.
      • Billy Tangerine
        Billy Tangerine 3 months ago
        They most likly stole most of it
    • William
      William  •  Mauchline, Scotland  •  3 months ago
      I met the Glasgow boy who was the last person to be birched. this happened on the Isle of Man in the 1960's. He said he thought that he was a "hard man" but after birching hed vowed never to get in trouble again. --- Bring back the birching,
      • TheBrokenMinor
        TheBrokenMinor 3 months ago
        I agree, we need to bring back REAL punishment, something that will really deter criminals. Prisons are like hotels now, they get everything they could possibly want or need, I think they should lose all their humans rights once they commit a crime and wrong society.
    • Ronec
      Ronec  •  Skipton, England  •  3 months ago
      It's about time Post Codes were changed. I live twenty odd miles from Bradford; no crime rate, but have a Bradford Post Code. My car insurance went up £40 when I moved from Kendal in Cumbria.
      • pumpkin
        pumpkin 3 months ago
        Yes I agree. I moved from a high crime area to a sleepy village, but becvause a small town 8 miles away has a bad crime rate then my insurance went up too. My car used to be parked on the side of the road and is now behind 2 metre locked garden gates and it has gone up. Doesn't make sense
    • Extragalactic Megabeing
      Extragalactic Megabeing  •  Ware, England  •  3 months ago
      They don't look like postcodes!
    • Sahilafg
      Sahilafg  •  London, England  •  3 months ago
      thats what the goverment bright people to do .
    • Phil
      Phil  •  3 months ago
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      • Sir Tainly Knott
        Sir Tainly Knott 3 months ago
        That's one of the incentives to steal and they advertise on the tele buying old gold. There is no such thing. Gold is gold no matter how old and these con merchants lead the dim witted to believe gold is worth less than its value.
    • mark
      mark  •  Brighton, England  •  3 months ago
      bradford hardley surprising as most of the immagrants live there not called little india for nothing,, lol,,,,
      • Stephanie
        Stephanie 3 months ago
        a quality, educated answer from mark the racist, do you want to make any more sweeping generalizations while you're at it? go on, have a go at the gays swell, maybe slap your wife, idiot!
      • Gillian
        Gillian 3 months ago
        correct Mark, but its not only them who do this in that area, i can assure you!!
    • Konstantin
      Konstantin  •  3 months ago
      I remember some pissed-off man got imprisoned for manslaughter in Russia after he left poisoned brandy on the table before going to holiday for a week. On his return he found 3 stenching bodies of the greedy burglars. And in Britain someone got to jail for 3 months his dog was put down because his staffordshire terrier "handled roughly" the burglars. Wonder if that would be the case in US.
    • Richard
      Richard  •  Leeds, England  •  3 months ago
      chuffin ell! yorkshires got 10 spots of the top 20 in the whole of the uk! half of them in my home city of leeds! the thieving toe rags! bring back the birch, leeds town hall steps ed be a great venue for it. you could sell ice creams, candyfloss & t-shirts & use the profits to plant more birch trees!!!
    • Doc Savage
      Doc Savage  •  3 months ago
      Get tough on crime end of story. Criminals dont fear the law, that is the problem.
    • Mike
      Mike  •  London, England  •  3 months ago
      As a Police Officer who once served the West Bromwich area, it's sad to see it up there in the top 3 as the Officers there work so hard to try an prevent this from happening. The biggest problem as always is not the police action, but the way in which the courts deal with the criminals we catch. It's so frustrating to spend hours (if not not days and weeks) preparing files and gathering evidence for the courts to say, 'Yes Officer, you're right, however, a custodial sentence is not appropriate'. Spare a thought not only for the victims of these crimes, but the officers who waste their time bringing the culprits before a court. The criminal always wins unless something changes.
    • Frank
      Frank  •  Brighton, England  •  3 months ago
      When will the courts listen to the people
    • ladylilac
      ladylilac  •  London, England  •  3 months ago
      They make out that this is perfectly normal - its terrible that we live in such a crime ridden Country and nobody seems to be doing anything about it
    • fed up with politicians
      fed up with politicians  •  Reading, England  •  3 months ago
      If they know this then target them, catch them and remove them from society. It is the same with those driving without insurance. Punish them that are caught not just a smacked wrist.
    • Brendan
      Brendan  •  London, England  •  3 months ago
      I used to be a volunteer with Victim support and got sick of do-gooders who argued burglary was a victimless crime. Many thing stolen are of emotional and not fiscal value. Then there are those who are left afraid to live in, or leave their homes after this. Plus on top of it all, are the do-gooders who say these people need help. What these people need is a healthy dose of Sharia Law. No need for prisons, just chop a finger off for each crime committed, should soon get re-offending rates down. I saw too many people's lives ruined by this crime!
    • SHED
      SHED  •  Manchester, England  •  3 months ago
      I got 14 days cerfew for burglary ... what sort of punishment is that ?
    • John
      John  •  3 months ago
      remove the lead and fill the cartridge with wheat -- 100% success rate.
    • Martin Carter
      Martin Carter  •  Hounslow, England  •  3 months ago
      Cut there thieving hands off #$%$ low lifes going round devastating peoples lives
    • John
      John  •  Bristol, England  •  3 months ago
      I'm from Roundhay Leeds originally.... Makes grim reading, lot's of Heroin and Crack on the streets to blame I'm afraid. The police do a sterling job but are fighting an uphill battle when there are large tracts of disenfranchised and unemployed young men with limited things to live for. It is our tragedy.
    • VIKESH
      VIKESH  •  London, England  •  3 months ago
      These idiots get away with murder and this is why. Did you know a burglar is allowed to be convicted of theft 3 times before they are prosecuted?!!! What kind of bladdy law is that! And if you confront them, you can only use reasonable force????????????? The law seems to be in their favour.
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