Croydon is the "luckiest place in Greater London", according to a new study.

VIP Grinders' research examined the total number of Postcode Lottery wins in each city and town in the UK as of October 2024.

The study found that Croydon had the highest average number of wins per postcode district.

With 242 wins spread across eight postcode districts, Croydon had an average of 30.25 wins per postcode district.

This puts Croydon at number seven on the list for Postcode Lottery wins.

Croydon was closely followed by Motherwell and Stoke-on-Trent, with averages of 30.17 and 29.52 wins per postcode district, respectively.

Motherwell's 12 postcode districts have a total of 362 wins, while Stoke-on-Trent's 21 districts have 620.

Telma Casaca, head of publishing at VIP Grinders, said: "It's no wonder so many people try their luck with the Postcode Lottery, especially with prizes reaching up to £500,000.

"While the postcodes are chosen using a random algorithm to make the outcome unpredictable, it is interesting to see such a big difference in how often postcodes in certain districts are drawn.

"If a higher number of people enter from the same postcode, they have a better chance of winning the Postcode Millions prize compared to just one person entering alone.

“However, this doesn’t apply to other prizes in the Postcode Lottery.

"So, if certain postcode sectors have better than average luck with the £30,000 prize, it’s likely because there are more individual postcodes registered in that area than other areas in the UK.”

Preston, Warrington, and Blackpool were the top three in the luckiest postcodes list. 

The research also looked at the areas with the least number of wins.

West Central London was identified as the unluckiest postcode area, with an average of just 0.56 wins per postcode district.

Other areas with low averages included East Central London and Kirkwall, with 0.61 and 3.31 wins per postcode district, respectively.

The study revealed that Nottingham ranked fourth for Postcode Lottery wins, with an average of 33.28 wins per postcode district.

Leicester took the fifth spot, with an average of 32.24 wins per postcode district.

Bolton and Blackburn rounded out the top ten.

Bolton had an average of 32 wins per postcode district and Blackburn had 29.38.

Each of these areas had hundreds of total wins spread across their postcode districts.