An insurance company has rated Nottingham as the UK’s riskiest city for household theft.
Endsleigh Insurance found Guildford was the safest for burglaries, while the East Midland’s city was rated the worst. London ranks as the second-worst city, while Bristol is the third.
The results were collected by analysing household theft claims over the last four years from tens of thousands of Endsleigh policyholders in the UK, not including students.
The latest Home Office statistics show the rate of burglary across the UK has fallen over the past decade.
Endsleigh’s report analyses the percentage of claims in different UK towns and cities against the number of Endsleigh policyholders, ranking them based on the comparative risk of burglary, rather than on the total number of claims there have been.
Endsleigh spokesperson Rhiannon Harris said: “It’s welcome news that we are seeing a gradual decrease in household theft right across the UK. Indeed, according to British Crime Survey statistics, domestic burglary fell by 59 per cent between 1995 and 2007.
“The fact remains, however, that some towns and cities represent a greater risk than others and as our Homes Report shows, every householder in the country needs to be aware of the possibility of burglary.”
The report also looked at household accidents and found Bournemouth was the most accident-prone, while Manchester was the safest followed by other northern cities Leeds and York.
The coming of British Summer Time (BST) could also prove potentially risky, with research from Saga Home Insurance finding incidents of burglary increase by some 42 per cent when compared with Greenwich Meantime (GMT).
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