house insurance

Londoners pay more for house insurance

Londoners pay 31% more for home insurance

Homeowners can expect to pay an average of £132 for a standard home insurance policy, according to figures released today by insurance comparison website Quotezone.co.uk .

London homeowners pay 31% more than the UK average to insure their building and contents, with the average annual premium for a standard home insurance policy in the nation’s capital coming in at £174. This is...

Burglaries. Property

Burglaries fall by almost a quarter in 12 months

Residential property theft dropped by almost 100,000 reported incidents in the past 12 months according to UK CrimeStats, using data gathered by the Economic Policy Centre.

The figures show that from July 2018 to June 2019 there were more than 414,400 reported incidents, but from July 2019 to June 2020 this dropped to 320,120 burglaries – a 22.75% fall.

During the depths of...