BRADFORD has been named among the top 25 UK cities for its residents receiving spam calls.

Despite our valiant attempts and efforts to block spam phone numbers, it seems us Brits still can’t escape the scourge of nuisance callers.

With Google Trends data showing that searches for ‘who called me uk number’ have risen by 160 per cent in the last 12 months.

Unknownphone.com conducted a data study to find out which cities receive the most spam calls.

Bradford (01274 phone code) was placed 25th in the list, with 19,670 visits to the website after such calls in the last year.

Meanwhile, leading with 628,200 visits in the last year, numbers starting with the London area code of020, exhibit the most spam-like behaviour.

Greater Manchester follows behind with 268,070 visits occurring for numbers starting with 0161.

Some of the most common spam related activity being reported on Unknownphone.com for this area code include: debt management, lottery and boiler scams.

Taking third place for the area code with the most caller spam activity is 0191, with visits for numbers from this location in the last 12 months totalling 162,340. This area code belongs to Newcastle Upon Tyne and its surrounding area including cities such as Durham and Sunderland.

Leeds comes in sixth place. The most common spam-related activity being reported for numbers with their area code of 0113 include: bank and insurance scams.