Locksmith Luton analysed missing pet data from trusted sources like Animal Search UK and Pets Reunited, to determine which towns and cities have the highest rates of missing pets over the past 12 months.
Completing the top five, Aberdeen offers pet owners comfort with an annual average of 10.67 missing pet cases, translating to 1.63 cases per 10,000 residents.
Rounding off the top five areas most at risk of pets going missing is Newcastle, where the North East city sees 9.56 missing pets per 10,000 people.
Another West Yorkshire town, Bradford, enters the top ten, in fourth place with an average of 102 reported missing pets over the last year, which equates to 10.22 cases per 10,000 people.
The experts also looked at the areas which are safest for pet owners - and they discovered, on the whole, Scottish cities are among the safest with four locations featuring in the top 10 low-risk areas for missing pets.
