Birmingham among UK's most burgled postcodes

Two Midlands postcodes have been named in a list of the top 20 UK burglary hotspots.

MoneySupermarket.com have published the figures, which have come from 3.1 million home insurance quotes submitted to their website.

B73, which covers Boldmere, New Oscott and Wylde Green in Birmingham is the most burgled postcode in the Midlands, with 29 burglaries per 1000 people.

It is also the eleventh most burgled postcode in the whole of the UK.

B24, which covers Erdington and Tyburn in Birmingham, also made it onto the top 20 UK list, coming 19th, with 27 burglaries per 1000 people.