CAMBRIDGE, UK, 16 October 2026 – London hotels recorded 75% more bed bug detections per 1,000 monitored rooms than Paris over the last 12 months, according to new data from insect monitoring technology company Spotta.
The finding comes as bed bugs return to the headlines following recent incidents involving aircraft and trains and reports of increasing bed bug activity across the UK.
Spotta continuously monitors bed bug activity in hotel rooms and has now monitored more than 16.5 million hotel room nights.
Its latest data shows:
London hotel bed bug detections are 75% higher than Paris, based on detections per 1,000 monitored rooms.
UK bed bug activity is up 44% year on year.
Much of the UK growth is coming from areas that historically recorded relatively little bed bug activity, including parts of the Scottish Highlands, Northumbria and Wales.
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