A new ‘cheating map’ reveals how many people are having affairs in towns across the UK – and there are hundreds of unfaithful partners in Lancashire.

The figures are based on Illicit Encounters', the UK’s leading affairs dating website, own extensive data on the numbers of people cheating.

The interactive Infidelity Index allows users to search a city, town or postcode to discover how many people are having affairs in any locality.

The figures from Illicit Encounters found that the Lancashire town with the highest number of 'cheaters' is Accrington.

1061 people were having an affair last year – the 34th highest figure (in proportion to population) in the UK.

Nelson also featured in the top 100 worst towns for affairs and 701 people are said to be having an affair here.

Blackburn was also featured and there were 928 people having an affair last year, according to the website's figures. 

Lancashire Telegraph: 928 people were having an affair in Blackburn last year928 people were having an affair in Blackburn last year

However, this figure is down one percent on the previous year.

The decline is being blamed on the Covid-crisis bringing couples closer together and making affairs less likely.

IllicitEncounters.com spokeswoman, Jessica Leoni, said: “We have seen a small fall in cheating over the last year in Blackburn.

"The Covid crisis has brought couples closer together and made it less likely they will stray.

"We expect the figures to rise again in the run-up to Christmas. Adulterers often use work as a way to cover up their affair.”

Here are the top 14 Lancashire towns with the most amount of people having affairs (in relation to population):

  1. Accrington: 1061 people (3.01 per cent of population)
  2. Nelson 701 people (2.38 per cent of population)
  3. Fulwood: 734 people (2.05 per cent of population
  4. Lytham St Anne’s: 741 people (1.73 per cent of population)
  5. Morecambe: 555 people (1.66 per cent of population)
  6. Chorley: 545 people (1.51 per cent of population)
  7. Skelmersdale: 481 people (1.40 per cent of population)
  8. Bamber Bridge: 908 people ( 1.35 per cent of population)
  9. Darwen: 343 people (1.22 cent of population)
  10. Fleetwood:289 people (1.14 per cent of population)
  11. Blackpool: 1549 people (1.05 per cent of population)
  12. Leyland: 398 people (1.03 per cent of population)
  13. Burnley 765 people (0.94 per cent of population)
  14. Blackburn: 928 people (0.79 per cent of population)
     

To find the figure for any postcode in Lancashire - based on data from one million postcodes -  follow the following link: https://www.illicitencounters.com/map/standalone.

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