More than one in 20 people in the UK are still avoiding their TV licencing fees, as authorities continue to hunt down offenders.

However, the rate of evasion is considered low across the country, with Harrow a positive example.

Fewer than 600 people were caught over the past 12 months, according to the latest figures, which places it in the bottom ten boroughs in London.

The data hopes to remind people to pay for their TV licence in all circumstances where it is required.

According to the statistics, roughly 15 per cent of people in London are convinced they won’t be visited by an enquiry officer due to where they live.

One officer said: “A lot of Londoners reside in access controlled addresses, such as buildings with a concierge or a private lobby.

“But that’s no reason for these residents to think we can’t visit them – we find the staff in the concierges or management companies responsible for these sites to be of great assistance in arranging visits for our enquiry officers.

“Each year we visit every London borough, and by arranging access to controlled addresses we can be sure to visit all of the addresses in London we need to.”

The lowest rates of evasion in the capital were found in Camden, City of Westminster, Kensington & Chelsea and Richmond upon Thames, all of which had fewer than 300 evaders caught.

Enfield is the worst borough in London for TV Licence evasion closely followed by Croydon and Barking & Dagenham. Together these boroughs account for more than 20 per cent of all evaders caught in London in the last 12 months.

A TV Licence is required if you watch or record live TV on any channel. As of September 2016 you also need a TV Licence to watch or download BBC programmes on iPlayer. 

For people who may be struggling to pay for a TV Licence, there are a number of different ways to pay which can spread the cost out weekly, monthly or quarterly.