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Do you live in one of Britain's 20 most burgled postcodes?

Do you live in one of Britain's 20 most burgled postcodes?

Becontree in East London is in the most burgled postcode in the country (Picture: Getty)

Areas of London, Manchester and South Yorkshire are among the most burgled postcodes in Britain, according to MoneySupermarket's annual Burglary Claims Tracker.

The tracker calculates the number of burglaries per 1,000 people by analysing insurance claims, rather than official crime statistics.

Here are the 20 postcodes with the most burglary claims in Britain (rate in brackets)...

1. RM8

Dagenham, Becontree, Becontree Heath (55.0)

2. IG2

Gants Hill, Newbury Park, Aldborough Hatch (Ilford) (54.9)

3. M21

Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Barlow Moor (51.8)

4. DN2

Intake, Wheatley, Wheatley Hills (48.3)

5. E18

Woodford and South Woodford (48.2)

6. RM11

Hornchurch, Emerson Park, Ardleigh Green (47.1)

7. TW11

Teddington, Fulwell (east), Bushy Park (47.1)

8. BD2

Eccleshill, Five Lane Ends, parts of Undercliffe, Fagley, Wrose, Bolton Woods, Poplars Farm, Swain House, Ashbourne (46.9)

9. EN4

Hadley Wood, Cockfosters, East Barnet, New Barnet (45.5)

10. IG3

Seven Kings, Goodmayes, Hainault (44.0)

11. BD18

Saltaire, Shipley, Windhill, Wrose (43.6)

12. W4

Chiswick, Gunnersbury, Turnham Green, Acton Green, Bedford Park (43.0)

13. TW5

Heston, North Cranford, West Osterley (42.9)

14. IG8

Woodford Green, Woodford Bridge, Highams Park (42.5)

15. LS28

Bagley, Calverley, Farsley, Pudsey, Stanningley (Pudsey) (42.2)

16. BR5

Orpington (42.1)

17. UB6

Greenford, Perivale (41.9)

18. UB4

North Hayes, Yeading (41.6)

19. N11

New Southgate, Friern Barnet, Bounds Green, Arnos Grove (41.1)

20. LS15

Austhorpe, Barwick-in-Elmet, Colton, Cross Gates, Halton, Halton Moor, Manston, Pendas Fields, Scholes, Temple Newsam, Whitkirk (40.8)

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