Irvine has been named as one of Scotland's most unfaithful towns.
Figures released this week show that Irvine has the highest number of people cheating out of all the Scottish towns - but is still down on last year's figures.
The infidelity index, produced by Illicit Encounters - a married dating site - shows that 1726 love rats reside in Irvine at the moment. Last year the figure was 1782.
It reveals that there are almost six times as many people cheating in Irvine than there is in Kilmarnock.
But Kilwinning and the Dreghorn/Springside area have had more people cheating since last year.
A total of 282 people are cheating in Kilwinning, which is up on last year's total of 250.
And there are 370 unfaithful people in the Dreghorn/Springside area - compared to last year's 318.
Local affairs league table:
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Irvine: 1726
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Dreghorn/Springside: 370
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Ayr: 324
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Kilmarnock: 292
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Kilwinning: 282
The interactive Infidelity Index allows users to search a city, town or postcode to discover how many people are having affairs in any locality.
The figures from the dating site show that sex in the suburbs is booming with five wealthy commuter towns in the South East in the top ten.
IllicitEncounters.com spokesman Christian Grant said: “Adultery has fallen slightly by 3% in Irvine.
"But there are still 1,726 people in the town having affairs.
“Lots of couples in North Ayrshire cannot afford to divorce due to the cost of establishing two new homes, so they are sticking with their partner and adding some spice to their marriage by discreetly having an affair.
“They know that with a site such as IllicitEncounters they can have an affair with a like-minded partner who is also looking to cheat. Both sides can have some fun without upsetting things at home.”
The figures are based on IllicitEncounters’ own extensive data on the numbers of Britons cheating.
Click here to find the figure for any postcode in Ayrshire - based on data from one million postcodes.
