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The top 20 crime hotspots, with the number of claims per thousand household in brackets, were:

SE21 South Tulse Hill & Dulwich, South London (61.2); IG5 Clayhall, Ilford, East London (57.5);

IG4 Redbridge, East London (56.7);

IG2 Gants Hill, Newbury Park, Aldborough Hatch, East London (53.5);

N20 Whetstone district, North London (49.5);

TW5 Heston, Cranford (north), Osterley (west), West London (49.2);

EN4 Hadley Wood, Cockfosters, East Barnet, New Barnet, North London (48.6);

N11 New Southgate district, North London (48.1);

IG6 Barkingside, Hainault (south), East London (46.7)

TW11 Teddington, West London (46.6).

The remaining ten, making up the top 20, were:

B70 West Bromwich, West Midlands (45.5);

W10 North Kensington district, West London (44.9);

SE24 Herne Hill & North Tulse Hill, South East London (44.4);

SW14 Mortlake district, South West London (44.1);

M21 Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Barlow Moor, Manchester (44.0);

LS5 Hawksworth, Kirkstall, West Yorkshire (43.5);

IG3 Seven Kings, Goodmayes, East London (43.1);

HA7 Stanmore, Queensbury, Belmont, North London (42.6);

RM11 Hornchurch, Emerson Park, Ardleigh Green, Essex (42.3)

MK46 Olney, Buckinghamshire (42.2).

Dreadful reminds me of the great crime wave to hit here last year, the community is still reeling after 3 pints of milk and a 5 pack of Rollos was nicked from the coop.

London and the Midlands...no surprise there really?