London's most dangerous tourist attractions: Interactive map reveals areas around capital's landmarks where visitors are most likely to get mugged or attacked

The area outside the National Portrait Gallery off Trafalgar Square came top of the list after seeing 3,060 crimes over the past year including 1,200 thefts from people.

The Royal Academy of Arts about half a mile away on Piccadilly was in second place after 1,652 crimes were reported in a year including more than 550 thefts.

The Royal Ballet and Opera and the London Transport Museum, both in the Covent Garden area, were third with 1,548 crimes and fourth with 1,227 respectively.

The British Museum near Holborn - the UK's most-visited attraction - was fifth with 1,173 crimes, while the National Gallery in Trafalgar Square came sixth with 1,004.

Also in the top ten were The Monument (828 crimes), British Library (824), Southbank Centre (773), Cutty Sark (753), Big Ben (667) and Westminster Abbey (577).

Other areas outside attractions with high crime rates included outside the Young V&A (555), Wellcome Collection (527), St Paul's Cathedral (514) and the trio of the London Dungeon, Sea Life London Aquarium and Shrek's Adventure (all 426).

Also seeing a significant number in the year were Banqueting House (394), Courtauld Gallery (323), Natural History Museum (288) and Buckingham Palace (249).

Safer areas were found to be outside Central London - including the London Wetland Centre in Barnes (six), National Maritime Museum (17) and Old Royal Naval College (18) which are both in Greenwich, Kensington Palace (19) and Eltham Palace (23).

Despite the thousands of crimes committed outside attractions, separate analysis by MailOnline back in March found a zone straddling Oxford Street and parts of Soho which does not feature any of the attractions is London's worst area for thefts.