People in Motherwell are more likely to cheat on their partner than residents of almost any other town in Britain, according to an “index of infidelity”.
Figures from Illicit Encounters - an online dating site for married men and women - have revealed that 1421 people in the town are members.
That works out as 4.45 per cent of the population, or around one in 22 - which is the fifth highest proportion of people using the cheating site in the UK.
Illicit Encounters mapped the location data of each of their members against each town’s adult population to find the most adulterous places in the country.
The index shows that in Hamilton 1336 people are cheating - down from 1433 last year, and 573 are up to no good in Bothwell.
Meanwhile, in Blantyre 1268 people are engaging in an affair, that's up from 948 last year, compared to 706 in Rutherglen and 661 cheaters in East Kilbride.
In Wishaw 745 people are registered on the site, while 401 have signed up in Airdrie and 485 in Coatbridge.
The figures are revealed after Only Fans model Amy Kupps - who says she only dates married men and receives up to £40,000 in gifts from her lovers each month - shared her secrets of how to catch a cheating spouse.
The 32-year-old former teacher, who says “you only have yourself to blame” if your partner is cheating, warned people to be on the lookout for signs including a hidden work phone or a new credit card.
According to Illicit Encounters, 20,000 people cheat on their partners using the site every week.
Since it launched almost 20 years ago, Illicit Encounters says more than 1.1 million people across the UK have signed up to meet someone to have “the occasional bit of flirtatious chat, a regular coffee date, or a full-blown affair”.
It says it provides a meeting place for “like-minded married and attached people” who are “all looking for a little romance outside their current relationship”.
You can find the local ''adultery figures'' for your postcode using their Infidelity Index - https://www.illicitencounters.com/map/standalone - which is based on data from one million postcodes.
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