Preston Lancs. The Least Burgled UK City!

[Patrick]

People living in Preston are the least likely in the UK to become victims of burglary, research has claimed.

Homes in the Lancashire city are 67% less likely to be broken into than the national average.

I've just had an extra search to see if there's any more detail anywhere else - and I see that the Spin Doctors have been busy on this one...........



Poor old Nottingham!

Telegraph report with a bit more detail

..........and if clicking is too much for you..............
Top 10 riskiest places for burglary with the percentage above the national average:

1 London 55.5 per cent

2 Nottingham 50.5 per cent

=3 Bristol 48.6 per cent

=3 Cambridge 48.6 per cent

5 Manchester 48.2 per cent

6 Reading 42.7 per cent

7 Stockport 37.6 per cent

8 Hull 37.1 per cent

9 Leeds 32.4 per cent

10 Oxford 31.1 per cent

Top 10 safest places for burglary with the percentage below the national average:

1 Preston -66.6 per cent

2 Norwich –60.1 per cent

3 Ipswich -57.6 per cent

4 Guildford -57.3 per cent

5 Swindon -48.3 per cent

6 Bath -47.0 per cent

7 Glasgow -45.9 per cent

8 Aberdeen -44.0 per cent

9 Dundee -43.9 per cent

10 Chester -36.1 per cent

[riotgrrl]

Please note that Glasgow is safe for burglary. (Or 'housebreaking' as it's known in Scots law).

We're all too scared of each other to screw each others' houses . . .

[riotgrrl]

Plus, we all already have widescreen tvs and DVD players that we bought off a guy in the pub. No point in burglarising each other . . . we all have it all.

[Patrick]

Ipswich and Norwich are tops obviously because people don't like burglarising family!

[everso]

Haha

Or, rather, how dare you? My grandmother was born in Ipswich.

That may explain the sixth toe and the sqint.

[rjpageuk]

I was born in Ipswich

[Patrick]

Uh! Oh! I wonder how many other posters Mrs E will turn out to be related to! ;D

[everso]

Apr 15, 2009 11:16:46 GMT rjpageuk said:

I was born in Ipswich

There you go then.

Still having trouble getting shoes to fit? When you cry do the tears run down your back? If you said yes to both questions, you're probably my cousin/brother/uncle/father.