The top 20 crime hotspots,

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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).