Manchester has a problem with perverts, with one of the highest rates of flashers and peeping toms in the country.

According to the latest figures from the Home Office, there were 123 cases of people exposing themselves or spying on others in the city in the 12 months up to and including September 2016.

That’s up slightly from 111 instances of exposure or voyeurism recorded in the area over the same period the year before.

It translates to roughly one display of this kind of perverted behaviour for every 4,300 people who live in Manchester - a relatively low rate compared to other types of crime, but one of the highest in England and Wales.

Across the two countries there were 8,347 cases of people exposing their genitals in public or getting off on secretly observing people - one instance for every 6,935 people living here.

In fact, Bolton had an even higher rate when compared to the population, with 69 cases of exposure and voyeurism recorded last year, while Oldham saw 49.

Exposure and voyeurism offences Home Office

Meanwhile, Trafford had less of a problem when it came to perverts, with flashers and peeping toms striking in the area just 28 times.

Exposure is when someone exposes their genitals with the intention that someone will see them, in order to cause alarm or distress, while voyeurism involves someone observing or recording a person doing a private act without their consent.

The maximum sentence for both crimes is two years in prison.