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Beorn
02-28-2009, 03:52 PM
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Doncaster and Bristol have been named as the UK's thieving hotspots in a study by Moneysupermarket.com, the financial comparison website.
The study highlights the postcodes where the highest proportion of homes have made an insurance claim for a burglary in the past 12 months.
Almost six per cent of homes in areas of Bristol and Doncaster have made a claim. Canvey Island, which lies off the south coast of Essex, comes in a close third place at just over five per cent.
That's bad news, not just for the obvious reason that it is no fun being burgled, but also because home contents insurance is likely to be higher in areas where thieves are most active.

Here are the 20 UK postcodes most likely to claim for theft or burglary on their home insurance


Town or area and Postcode


1. Doncaster DN7

2. Bristol BS7

3. Canvey Island, Essex SS8

4. Nottingham NG8

5. Birmingham B15

6. Brentford, West London TW8

7. West Norwood, South East London SE27

8. Sheffield S5

9. Mill Hill, London NW7

10. Edinburgh EH14

11. Crouch End, North London N8

12. Oldham OL2

13. Hull HU9

14. Reading RG2

15. Stockport SK3

16. Kingston, Surrey KT2

17. Leeds LS17

18. City of London EC1V

19. Gloucester GL4

20. Streatham, South West London SW16

Source (http://timesbusiness.typepad.com/money_weblog/2009/02/is-your-home-in.html)


BS7 is Montpelier, another fine example of multiculturalism.

I'm not to certain for the rest of the examples, but I do know that Kingston and Streatham has a large proportion of black residents.
In the case of Streatham, I could work for ages and not see a white person.

Hildolf
03-02-2009, 08:30 AM
The Nottigham postcode doesn't surprise me, I lived in that area until I was 15. On one hand it was a good place, community spirit and predominantly white working class, but it also had a high level of crime.

I went back for some reason I don't recall in my 20s and the area had declined despite attempts to make it look nicer, but re-paving the shopping areas with pretty paving doesn't make up for the increase in non-whites that was clear for me to see even on such a brief visit.

I am surprised that other areas in Notts aren't higher, but then wondered if they would even have home insurence!?

Freomęg
03-02-2009, 09:13 AM
To be fair, Slough - one of the most multicultural towns in Britain - isn't on the list. Just goes to prove that whites commit crimes against whites regardless.

SwordoftheVistula
03-02-2009, 11:07 AM
Looks like that gun ban is working out really well, judging by the comments from people who have been burgled several times, and the fact that this is actually a newsworthy issue.