These days, online dating is one of the best ways to meet a new flame. There are dozens, if not hundreds, of dating apps and sites out there to bring people together. With different needs and desires, there are plenty of opportunities to meet someone new. From finding a sugar daddy on a sugar site to finding a husband on a uniform dating site, millions of people use these applications in the hope of finding someone who will meet their needs. However, London’s singletons are more likely to catfish you than anywhere else in the UK, according to a new study.

Research carried out for How Filtered is Your Life? shows that catfishing in the capital is rife, with Greater London the worst offending area in the UK for a number of dating no-no’s.

A study of more than 2,000 people revealed that London has the highest proportion of people using photos that are over 3 years old, with one in seven people doing so (14.23%).

Astonishingly, one in eight respondents (11.99%) in London are using a photo that is more than five years old – meaning it is a full half a decade out of date.

In comparison to the rest of the UK, Londoners are guilty of a range of editing offences, with 12.73% of respondents saying they have filtered a dating app photo (12.73%), and 6.74% of people filtering at last half of all their photos.

It is perhaps no surprise, then, that people in Greater London are more likely to turn up to a date to find person looks completely different to their dating app photo, with one in seven (14.23%) having done so.

With filtering so widespread in an image-conscious world ruled by social media, How Filtered is Your Life examines why so many people feel the need to embellish their image.