HAMPTON IS THIRD WORST HOTSPOT FOR BURGLARY IN UK, SHOCK SURVEY REVEALS
HAMPTON has achieved a shock recognition as one of the worst hotspots for burglaries, it was revealed today.
TW12, the postcode covering affluent Hampton, where average house prices top £700,000, came in as the third worst hotspot for burglaries, with 38.1 insurance claims linked to burglaries for every 1,000 home insurance quotes provided, according to the comparison website MoneySuperMarket.
Top of the league table was a Birmingham postcode, B15 covering Edgbaston and its local area where 57.7 burglary insurance claims for every 1000 home insurance quotes between 2021 and the end of 2024. The area has plenty of expensive properties.
Both the University of Birmingham and Birmingham City University have campuses in the area. Student accommodation is attractive to burglars, as students are likely to own expensive tech and perhaps be less security-conscious.
The second-worst postcode for burglaries during the period was B94 in Solihull, with 39.2 insurance claims per 1,000 home insurance quotes, the comparison website MoneySuperMarket said.
Greater London postcodes comprised 60 per cent of the worst 10 burglary hotspots in the UK, MoneySuperMarket said.
SW13 in Barnes, part of the Richmond upon Thames borough, saw 37.5 claims per 1,000 insurance quotes as a result of burglaries in the four-year period, according to the data. The M12 postcode in Greater Manchester shared the same score.
Mortlake and East Sheen, where property prices are notoriously expensive, came in as the seventh worst area for burglary claims, with crooks setting their sights on high value homes kitted out with top notch technology.
Households in the E9 postcode also suffered high burglary rates, with homes spanning locations such as Hackney Wick and Homerton affected.
Spanning the SE21 postcode, Dulwich, Dulwich Village, West Dulwich, Tulse Hill and Sydenham Hill came in as the eighth-worst hotspot for burglaries.
Thames Ditton, a village in Surrey, came in twelfth place in the worst 10 rankings, the data showed, with burglars once again targeting an area with higher than average property values.
London had the highest burglary claim rate of 20.4 per 1,000, while Yorkshire and The Humber came in second with 13.3, and the West Midlands came in third place.
You can see more detail here: UK Burglary Hot Spots | MoneySuperMarket