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Evan Bartlett
Jan 24, 2015
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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