Manchested named second most dangerous place to live in Britain for burglaries

Manchester has been named the second "most dangerous" place to live in the UK for burglaries, according to a new study. Research carried out by Confused.com analysed the number of burglaries across the country between 2017 and 2021.

Only Middlesbrough had a higher burglary rate than Manchester, which saw an average of 7.11 thefts per 1,000 people last year. The city's rate is more than double the UK national average of 2.60 thefts per 1,000 people, the data shows.

Bolton and Stockport also ranked in the top ten most burgled parts of the country. In Bolton, 6.57 burglaries per 1,000 people were reported to police, while there were 6.10 per 1,000 population in Stockport.

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All ten boroughs of Greater Manchester were among the top 50 most burgled parts of the UK. Trafford is regarded as the safest area of the region with 5.03 burglaries per 1,000 people in 2021.

In order, the top ten most burgled areas of the UK are: Middlesbrough, Manchester, Doncaster, Hackney, Kensington and Chelsea, Bolton, Haringey, Birmingham, Stockport, and Hammersmith and Fulham. That being said, there is generally a drop in burglary rates across the whole country year on year. In Manchester, there has been a 35.9% decrease since 2017.

The rate plummeted 30.7% in Bolton and 37% in Stockport. The burglary rates across Greater Manchester were as follows:

Manchester 7.11 (2021), - (2020), - (2019), 11.09 (2018), 11.1 (2017)

Bolton 6.57 (2021), - (2020), - (2019), 7.3 (2018), 8.59 (2017)

Stockport 6.10 (2021), - (2020), - (2019), 7.69 (2018), 9.7 (2017)

Salford 6.00 (2021), - (2020), - (2019), 6.59 (2018), 7.27 (2017)

Tameside 5.89