Croydon has seen the highest increase in number of online searches relating to home security across the capital.

Research by Storage Vault looked at Google data for 783 related keywords like ‘Security Cameras’ and ‘Alarm Systems’.

Croydon residents made 7160 home security related searches in November alone, a 29.95% increase from last December.

The UK as a whole saw a 5.28% increase, with Birmingham totalling most searches overall at almost 20,000 last month.