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VIDEO: Top safety tips as new figures reveal one in five Scots have been victims of music festival theft

NEW figures have revealed that one in five Scots have been victims of theft at a UK music festival.

With revellers heading to TRNSMT at Glasgow Green next week and other events across the country this summer, the study from Together Mutual Insurance highlights a concerning problem.

The statistics also show that the average amount of stolen goods amounts to £126 per person.

29% of the people who have had items stolen have had them taken from their person, while theft hot spots included onsite accommodation (53%) and their cars parked onsite (18%).

Around 1.9 million Brits are confirmed as attending a UK festival in 2017 with numbers expected to rise due to the weak pound discouraging travel abroad.

Must-grab festival items for thieves include mobile phones (11%), cash (11%) and cameras (6%).

And when it comes to reporting thefts, almost two thirds 65% of people from Scotland took time to inform the festival authorities or police in a last ditch attempt to catch the thief.

The study also asked Scots to name which UK festivals they’d been to.

The top sport went to local favourite T in the Park, with 48% having been to the event, which is currently taking a break.

The top five was:

  1. T in the Park (48%)
  2. Glastonbury (24%)
  3. Reading (15%)
  4. Creamfields (14%)
  5. V Festival (8%)

 

Jon Craven, CEO of Together Mutual Insurance, who commissioned the survey, said “Our advice for festival-goers this summer is to take advantage of the security options such as onsite lockers, even if you have to pay a few pounds for it.

“We would also recommend that people insure their items before they attend, that way they are protected if something does go wrong.”