Moneysupermarket, the insurance comparison website, published their report based on over 2.5mln insurance claims giving a list of 20 worst postcodes in the country for burglaries.
The results are sure to be disappointing for property owners in Doncaster with DN2 being the number 4 postcode targeted by burglars. Wheatley and Intake came up with a rate of 48.3 burglary claims per 1000 insurance quotes.
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Areas with higher number of burglaries than DN2 are Dagenham, Becontree, Becontree Heath, Gants Hill, Newbury Park, Alborough Hatch (Greater London) and Chorlton-cum-Hardy and Barlow Moor (Manchester).
The worst 20 postcodes for burglaries:
1. RM8 Dagenham, Becontree, Becontree Heath (Greater London) 55
2. IG2 Gants Hill, Newbury Park, Alborough Hatch (Greater London) 54.9
3. M21 Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Barlow Moor (Manchester) 51.8
4. DN2 Intake, Wheatley, Wheatley-Hills (South Yorkshire) 48.3
5. E18 Woodford and South Woodford (Greater London) 48.2
6. RM11 Hornchurch, Emerson Park, Ardleigh Green (Greater London) 47.1
7. TW11 Teddington, Fulwell, Bushy Park (Greater London) 47.1
8. BD2 Eccleshill, Five Lane Ends, parts of Undercliffe, Fagley, Wrose, Bolton Woods, Poplars Farm, Swain House, Ashbourne (West Yorkshire) 46.9
9. EN4 Hadley Wood, Cockfosters, East Barnet, New Barnet (Greater London) 45.5
10. IG3 Seven Kings, Goodmayes, Hainault, Chignell (Greater London) 44
11. BD18 Saltaire, Shipley, Windhill, Wrose (West Yorkshire) 43.6
12. W4 Chiswick, Gunnersbury, Turnham Green, Acton Green, Bedford Park (London) 43
13. TW5 Heston, North Cranford, West Osterley (Greater London) 42.9
14. IG8 Woodford Green, Woodford Bridge, Highams Park (Greater London) 42.5
15. LS28 Bagley, Calverley, Farsley, Pudsey, Stanningley (West Yorkshire)42.2
16. BR5 West Wickham (Greater London) 42.1
17. UB6 Greenford, Perivale (Greater London) 41.9
18. UB4 North Hayes, Yeading (Greater London) 41.6
19. N11 New Southgate, Friern Barnet, Bounds Green, Arnos Grove (London) 41.1
20. LS15 Austhorpe, Barwick-in-Elmet, Colton, Cross Gates, Galton, Halton Moor, Manston, Pendas Fields, Scholes, Temple Newsam, Whitkirk (West Yorkshire) 40.8
The 20 postcodes with the least number of burglary claims in 2014 includes Suffolk, Cumbria and Dumfries in Scotland.
