The UK’s most reported phone numbers: November 2026

When Britain checks unknown numbers

On an average day the busiest hour was 10am. These figures don’t yet hold three of every weekday, so we don’t rank the days.This measures when people look up a number they don’t know, which is usually just after it rang.

7am to 10pm shown; the night hours are in the totals.

What people reported

Each report is one person’s account of a call, in their own words, and is not checked by us.

• 133 reports described a scam (76%)
• 23 reports described spam or sales (13%)
• 11 reports described a legitimate caller (6%)
• 6 reports described debt collection (3%)
• 1 report described something else (1%)

The numbers most people reported

Listed only when at least two different people reported the number this month, from more than one network. Personal mobile numbers are never listed. Based on community reports: we don’t say any number is a scam, the reports do. Each number links to its page, where the owner of a number can tell us a report is wrong.

1. 101438 989304Reported by 4 people, 3 as a scam
2. 20330 053 1589Reported by 3 people, 2 as a scam
3. 30121 835 1014Reported by 3 people, 1 as a scam
4. 40141 310 2854Reported by 2 people, 1 as a scam
5. 50151 679 2234Reported by 2 people, 2 as a scam
6. 60117 416 1142Reported by 2 people, 2 as a scam
7. 7020 3910 8467Reported by 2 people
8. 8020 3996 8347Reported by 2 people, 2 as a scam
9. 9020 4640 2739Reported by 2 people, 1 as a scam
10. 10020 3876 7383Reported by 2 people, 2 as a scam
11. 110121 529 3256Reported by 2 people, 2 as a scam
12. 1201253 605731Reported by 2 people, 1 as a scam