Fonz
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Registered: 12th May 06
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The top 10 most-burgled cites are:
1 - Nottingham (63.3% above average)
2 - London (50.8% above average)
3 - Bristol (50.7% above average)
4 - Stockport (49.8% above average)
5 - Leeds (46.3% above average)
6 - Manchester (46.0% above average)
7 - Hull (39.4% above average)
8 - Cambridge (35.6% above average) - 
9 - Sheffield (27.6% above average)
10 - Reading (25.9% above average)
The top 10 least-burgled cities are:
1 - Guildford (82.0% below average)
2 - Dundee (55.3% below average)
3 - Norwich (54.1% below average)
4 - Swindon (49.4% below average)
5 - Bath (45.8% below average)
6 - Aberdeen (45.7% below average)
7 - Preston (35.7% below average)
8 - Exeter (34.9% below average)
9 - Chester (33.6% below average)
=9 - Belfast (33.6% below average)
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Conway563
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Registered: 7th Jun 06
Location: Yate, Bristol
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I live in between the 3rd worst and the 5th best. So somewhere near the middle I imagine
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Hammer
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Registered: 11th Feb 04
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Robin Hood is still at large.
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Shane
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Registered: 10th Jan 04
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number 3 in the least
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Beardo
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Registered: 19th Oct 04
Location: Kelsall, Cheshire
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i live in a little village 10miles from chester. been burgled twice in 20 years
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Tom
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Registered: 3rd Apr 02
Location: Wirral, Merseyside
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Old house which we lived in for 21 years got burgled once and only due to the looking for the rest of the wheels they nicked off my car 
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mattfiesta
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Registered: 14th Jul 05
Location: Nottinghamshire
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Nottingham is right shithole
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dannymccann
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Registered: 9th Aug 06
Location: Doddington, Lincolnshire
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Dont live close to any of those places, Lincoln....
Closest on the lsit is probably Sheffield but that is 40 + miles away so prob dont count
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Doug
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9 - Chester (33.6% below average)
Chester FTW 
Thats where I live, just in Aber at uni
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All Torque
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Registered: 17th Nov 05
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I'm on neither list
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Kathryn W
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Registered: 12th Oct 03
Location: Widnes, Cheshire
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quote: Originally posted by Doug
9 - Chester (33.6% below average)
Chester FTW 
Thats the place i live nearest to
[Edited on 26-03-2008 by Kathryn W]
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Ash_EP3
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Registered: 15th May 07
Location: Melksham, Wiltshire
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between 4-5 on the least
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Cosmo
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Registered: 29th Mar 01
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Apartment is No.6 on the most, although its about as safe as you could get so doubt it'll ever get broken into.
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Lawrah
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glasgow is just off the scale
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ClaireF
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live nr hull so not that bad
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stan_the_man
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Registered: 14th Feb 07
Location: Perth, Western Australia
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I dont live anywhere near any of them.
Although im 4 miles from a town called Annan.
Not nice.
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16V_1600
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quote: Originally posted by All Torque
I'm on neither list
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Dean_W
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Registered: 13th Dec 05
Location: Downham Market, Norfolk
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I live closer to Chester than anywhere on that list
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Shelly
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Registered: 15th Nov 00
Location: Lancashire Drives: Astra H VXR
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The nearest to me is 7th best.
Pretty safe and quiet where I live. Can quite happily leave the door unlocked and go to bed.
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Cosmo
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quote: Originally posted by Shelly
The nearest to me is 7th best.
Pretty safe and quiet where I live. Can quite happily leave the door unlocked and go to bed.
Surely Manchester is closer than Preston?
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Shelly
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Nope.
Manchester is 50 mins, Preston about 35mins.
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Cosmo
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Only takes me less than 30mins to drive from Preston to Manchester
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Shelly
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Look at Preston, Manchester is just off the map.
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Rebecca
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Registered: 8th Jun 07
Location: Penwortham, Lancashire Drives: Integra Type R
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I live in the 7th least! Rockin!
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Joe
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Registered: 20th Jun 04
Location: Hesketh Bank, Lancashire
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Preston nearest me, although we got burgled not long ago and there has been lots of other burglaries in recent months.
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