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Endsleigh names UK homes most at risk from theft and accidental damage

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Household Contents Claims Frequency

7 March 2005

Data from 2001, 2002 & 2003 inception years

DistrictAccidental Damage
Manchester-34.9%
Cambridge-31.9%
Bristol-22.4%
Nottingham-15.6%
London-14.0%
Lancaster-13.9%
Gloucester-11.0%
Edinburgh-10.7%
Oxford-10.6%
Peterborough-7.0%
Leeds-6.2%
Newcastle upon Tyne-3.6%
Coventry-2.1%
Glasgow-1.7%
Birmingham-1.5%
Norwich-0.8%
Exeter0.1%
York1.3%
Portsmouth1.3%
Belfast3.5%
Leicester3.9%
Reading4.5%
Swindon5.2%
Brighton6.1%
Cardiff8.7%
Wolverhampton8.8%
Liverpool13.1%
Sheffield13.6%
Aberdeen14.1%
Hull19.4%
Derby20.9%
Swansea22.2%
Ipswich23.6%
Plymouth45.5%
DistrictTheft
Edinburgh-56.1%
Cardiff-47.0%
Swindon-46.4%
Glasgow-45.8%
Ipswich-42.7%
Exeter-42.0%
Portsmouth-40.7%
Belfast-38.2%
Swansea-37.1%
Peterborough-36.3%
Coventry-36.3%
Cambridge-31.0%
Aberdeen-29.9%
Brighton-27.4%
Lancaster-26.4%
Liverpool-21.9%
Plymouth-21.8%
Norwich-20.0%
Gloucester-19.1%
Newcastle upon Tyne-15.8%
Oxford-8.3%
Reading6.8%
Leicester15.1%
London18.3%
Birmingham20.9%
Derby26.3%
Sheffield26.4%
Wolverhampton35.0%
York45.1%
Manchester59.8%
Bristol67.2%
Nottingham72.8%
Hull84.1%
Leeds99.0%

The figure shown against district is the claims frequency for the district as a percentage of the Endsleigh claim frequency.

Therefore a negative percentage indicates the district claim frequency is below the Endsleigh claims frequency. The list has been sorted in ascending order and so the best performing district is at the top of the list.

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