Without home contents insurance - More than half of the poorest
households are uninsured. This compares with one in five for
households on average incomes and less than one in ten of those
in the richest fifth. - There is little difference in the risk
of burglary by income group (see the crime indicator), so the
fact that more people in the higher income brackets have home
contents insurance reflects their ability to purchase it rather
than their greater need for it. The graph shows how the
proportion of households without home contents insurance varies
according to the household's income. The data source is the
Living Costs and Food Survey, with the data being the average
for the latest three years. The income quintiles are UK-based
quintiles, based on gross, equivalised income.