Leeds has been named one of the worst UK cities to be single

Despite what you may have seen on a Friday night at Fruity, Leeds is apparently one of the worst places to be single in the UK.

The ranking comes from a study by dating website Badoo, who analysed data from the Office for National Statistics on the number of single people per city in the UK.

London has the least single people out of any city in the UK, with Leeds coming in third after Cardiff. Oxford and Bradford rounded out the top five.

The finding comes despite the fact that Northerners were found to be generally more forward in their dating habits than those in the South.

Strangely, the city with the most singletons was the not-exactly-romantic Coventry, followed by Sunderland, Hull, Hartlepool and Glasgow.

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Badoo’s Joelle Hadfield said: “It’s striking that some of the most densely populated cities in the UK have a lower concentration of singles.

“We’re noticing that smaller cities pose a greater opportunity for singles to meet a potential partner – it’s a huge misconception that big cities equals more fish in the sea.

“Daters in smaller cities may put more effort into meeting their match because of a perceived greater challenge of finding love.”

At least now you have an excuse when you don’t pull during Freshers’ Week.