A NEW index has been published today listing the 'most adulterous' areas in Somerset and across the UK.

The search tool, dubbed The Infidelity Index, shows how many people within a certain postcode, town or city are signed up to Illicit Encounters, a dating website for married people.

According to the 'cheating map', Taunton is the sixth most adulterous town in the whole of the UK, with 1114 Illicit Encounters members (that's 1.84 per cent of the town's population).

Elsewhere in Somerset, there were 779 people having affairs in Bridgwater, 293 in Wellington, 230 in Chard, 201 in Burnham-on-Sea, 126 in Ilminster, 99 in Crewkerne and 79 in Watchet. 

Find out how your area fares by entering your postcode here.

Information from IllicitEncounters.com