BOURNEMOUTH has been branded one of the 'sleaziest' areas of the country due to the number of licensed sex establishments.

According to The Mirror, Bournemouth has been listed as number six on the list of towns and cities in England and Wales after the national paper said that it contacted every council to asked how many venues it has licensed.

The order of the list was generated on the highest number of sexual establishments per head with Bournemouth recorded as having six, which The Mirror said worked out as one per every 32,419 residents.

At the top of the list was Westminster, which has 30 sex shops, cinemas and sexual entertainment venues in the country, meanwhile Weymouth and Portland was named as seventh on the list, with two licensed venues, which works out as one per every 32,583 residents.

Bournemouth Council is running a consultation until Friday, September 30 on whether the number of sex establishments should be capped in the town.

According to the council, Bournemouth currently has two sex shops in Holdenhurst Road, one in the Triangle and three sexual entertainment venues in the Old Christchurch Road area.