A poll has revealed 33 per cent of Brits have admitted being adulterous while also naming and shaming the cheating capital of the UK – one area came out on top as the most loyal
The cheating capital of the UK has been revealed. An astonishing 33 per cent of Brits admit they’ve been adulterous and gotten away with it – but topping the list are people from Nottingham (41 per cent) who emerged as the most likely to stray, along with Leicester (40 per cent), Leeds (38 per cent), Plymouth (38 per cent) or Norwich (38 per cent), which are also hotbeds for adulterers across the UK.
However, if your partner is from Sunderland, where 83 per cent have never strayed, Glasgow (76 per cent), Liverpool (75 per cent) or Cambridge (74 per cent), you have less to worry about. The study of 2,000 Brits was commissioned by Netflix to mark the launch of new show Cheat: Unfinished Business.
Reasons for straying include being bored in the relationship (27 per cent), falling out of love with a partner (26 per cent), being drunk (24 per cent), and having a higher sex drive than the person you’re with (24 per cent).
The show’s relationship expert, Paul C. Brunson, said: “These findings expose the complicated, and often painful, reality of modern relationships. They reveal a striking disconnect between behaviour and accountability, with a significant number of people admitting to infidelity without facing consequences. But this research goes beyond shock value. It underscores the deep emotional toll of betrayal and the fragile process of rebuilding trust.”
One in four (23 per cent) looked outside their relationship because they wanted to feel attractive and desired, while 16 per cent felt their sex life wasn’t adventurous enough.
Around 33 per cent said their partner had, or has, no idea what happened, while 14 per cent admit that their partner had suspicions, but they were able to smooth them over quickly, leaving their partner none the wiser about what really went down.
Men are slightly better than women at covering their tracks when it comes to behaving badly, with 80 per cent of male adulterers admitting they know exactly how to hide cheating behaviour from their partner, compared to only 75 per cent of women.
Just 40 percent are currently in a relationship with someone that they have previously been unfaithful to. The study also revealed what Brits consider to be cheating with 74 per cent insisting that sending a nude photo to another person is cheating, as well as sending sexually explicit texts (71 per cent). In fact, 80 per cent agree that sexting is as bad as sleeping with another person.
A kiss on the lips (61 per cent), meeting someone for a drink and not telling your partner (52 per cent), sharing a bed with someone other than your partner but not doing anything (49 per cent), swapping numbers on a night out (44 per cent), touching someone else’s hand in a suggestive way (38 per cent) and taking someone out for a meal at an expensive restaurant (35 per cent) are also thought if as cheating.
Around 31 per cent say that messaging an ex on social media was as good as sleeping with them, while an unforgiving 28 per cent would consider their partner a cheat if they “thought” about sleeping with someone else.
Shockingly, one in five (21 per cent) do not feel guilty about cheating, while 49 per cent only feel pangs of guilt when they think about it. The survey found 72 per cent agreed with the saying, “Once a cheater, always a cheater”, while 18 per cent went a step further and believe that it’s impossible for humans to ever be truly monogamous
But forgiveness is possible as almost half (47 per cent) said they would be prepared to take back a partner who cheated, while 45 per cent say a relationship between two people can work if someone has been unfaithful.
