It’s official, Trowbridge is the cheating capital of Wiltshire - and it's not at Scrabble.

When it comes to adultery, the county town is naughtier for nookie than others in the county. Per head, it is even more unfaithful than Swindon.

A new sex survey has revealed Trowbridge - where the town’s first sex shop sold out of half of its stock of sex toys on its first day of opening - can’t get enough of getting off with somebody else’s partner.

The Official Infidelity Index has exposed the town as the Wiltshire centre for two-timing.

The index was compiled by married dating website Illicit Encounter, based on the numbers of people contacting it in search of a bit on the side. It reveals residents of most towns in Wiltshire are playing away more than they did under pandemic restrictions – with the exception of Chippenham, where this year cheaters have cleaned up their act.

According to the site, 594 people in Devizes are having an affair, up from 542 last year. Marlborough too has seen a rise of the unfaithful, with 492 residents “working late” as opposed to 431 in 2020.

In Calne the trend is also rising, with 463 locals cheating, up on 424 last year. In Malmesbury, 30 more people are up to hanky panky than the 219 last year and in Melksham, where 411 were being unfaithful in 2020, 465 are now at it. In Westbury the number is 409 against 379 last year. The only town where illicit sex is going down is Chippenham; last year 429 residents were cheating but this year it's 407.

But in Trowbridge,where last year 831 people were deceiving their partner, the number has shot up to 876. Although the total is less than Swindon, where 1,226 people are unfaithful, statistically Trowbridge is a much greater player in the bedding industry – 876 as a percentage of the 34,000 adult population of Trowbridge is 2.5 per cent. Whereas the 1,226 cheaters as a percentage of Swindon’s 172,000 adults is 0.7 per cent – making Trowbridge 3.5 times more adulterous than Swindon.