MORE than 14,000 people in Southampton are having an affair, new research has revealed.

A new cheating map has revealed that 14,218 people in the city are having an affair.

The number of people having an affair has increased by 12 per cent when compared to last years figures on 12,681 people.

The interactive Infidelity Index allows users to search a city, town or postcode to discover how many people are having affairs in any locality.

It claims 688 people in Winchester are having an affair, while 698 Totton residents and 669 people in Eastleigh admitted to extramarital romance.

The figures from Illicitencounters.com show that sex in the suburbs is booming with five wealthy commuter towns in the south east in the top ten.

Windsor is the UK's cheating capital with 4.29 per cent of the population cheating.

IllicitEncounters.com spokesman Christian Grant said: “Adultery is booming in Southampton with a 12 per cent increase in the last year.

“Lots of couples in Hampshire cannot afford to divorce due to the cost of establishing two new homes, so they are sticking with their partner and adding some spice to their marriage by discreetly having an affair."