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Mapped: the top
20 highest risk
postcodes for
burglary in the UK
»»Dagenham, London is
the UK’s top burglary hotspot
while Felixstowe, Suffolk has
one of the lowest proportions
of break-ins, according to new
research.
Analysis by the
price comparison site
Moneysupermarket found that
the RM8 postcode in the east
London suburb had the highest
rate of burglary insurance
claims in the country.
Those living in and around
the capital are most likely to
suffer break-ins, the study
found, with 14 of the top 20
postcodes in London and
Greater London.
The 20 postcodes named
in the research as having
the highest rates of burglary
insurance claims are:
1. RM8 - Dagenham,
Becontree, Becontree
Heath, in Greater London
2. IG2 - Gants Hill, Newbury
Park, Alborough Hatch, in
Greater London
3. M21 - Chorlton-cumHardy, Barlow Moor, in
Manchester
4. DN2 - Intake, Wheatley,
Wheatley Hills, in South
Yorkshire
5. E18 - Woodford and South
Woodford, in London
6. RM11 - Hornchurch,
Emerson Park, Ardleigh
Green, in Greater London
7. TW11 - Teddington, Fulwell,
Bushy Park, in Greater
London
8. BD2 - Eccleshill, Five Lane
Ends, parts of Undercliffe,
Fagley, Wrose, Bolton
Woods, Poplars Farm,
Swain House, Ashbourne,
in West Yorkshire
9. EN4 - Hadley Wood,
Cockfosters, East Barnet,
New Barnet, in Greater
London
10. IG3 - Seven Kings,
Goodmayes, Hainault,
Chignell, in Greater
London
11. BD18 Saltaire, Shipley,
Windhill, Wrose Wes