Where Is The Sleaziest City In England And Wales?

Have you ever wondered where the 'sleaziest' place in the UK is? I bet you have. Someone over at the Mirror did, so they decided to do a bit of research.

The report is classing 'sleaziness' as the number of sex establishments (sex shops, dirty cinemas etc.) per capita.

You may or may not (definitely not) be surprised to learn that Westminster, home to sexy Soho, tops the list, with 30 sex establishments, meaning that there's one for every 8,077 people.

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Good ol' Blackpool, where I used to go on days out with my parents as a child, was second. It has six, one for every 23,263 people and Newcastle was in third place with 12, meaning there's a sex establishment for every 24,407.

My home city of Liverpool came in a disappointing 13th place. It has 12, one for every 39,882 residents.

Across England and Wales there are currently 391 licensed sex establishments.

Here's the top 20:

1. Westminster has 30 or one for every 8,077 residents
2. Blackpool has six or one for every 23,263 residents
3. Newcastle upon Tyne has 12 or one for every 24,407 residents
4. Camden has nine or one for every 26,784 residents
5. Bournemouth has six or one for every 32,419 residents
6. Weymouth and Portland has two or one for every 32,583 residents
7. Preston has four or one for every 35,326 residents
8. Southampton has seven or one for every 35,648 residents
9. Brighton and Hove has eight or one for every 35,660 residents
10. Southend-on-Sea has five or one for every 35,740 residents
11. Wolverhampton has seven or one for every 36,344 residents
12. Slough has four, or one for every 36,434 residents
13. Liverpool has 12 or one for every 39,882 residents
14. Watford has two or one for every 48,202 residents
15. Lincoln has two or one for every 48,533 residents
16. Leicester has seven or one for every 48,947 residents
17. Stoke-on-Trent has five or one for every 50,330 residents
18. King's Lynn and West Norfolk has three or one for every 50,338 residents
19. Worcester has two or one for every 50,664 residents
20. Kingston upon Hull has five or one for every 51,799 residents.

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Claire Reid

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