Disgruntled residents dissatisfied with crime, antisocial behaviour and hectic lifestyles have seen Lambeth topping the poll of the angriest place in the UK.

Lambeth scored the highest of all London’s boroughs, analysed in the first phase of a nationwide study by the British Association of Anger Management (BAAM).

Residents in the borough, that has the second highest population density in London with 67 per cent of residents in employment, reported a number of “anger triggers”, including financial stress and little free time.

The 'Hot Tempered in the City' report is based on government and BAAM statistics and also found London to be the angriest city in the UK.

Mike Fisher, director of BAAM, said: “I believe issues such as crime, violence, road rage, eating disorders and many other mental health issues all stem from our inability as a culture to handle or express our feelings, especially those of anger.”

But residents the Streatham Guardian spoke to fought back and said they could not see why the area had been labelled “angry”.

Oddbins worker David Brady, 32, from Clapham, said: "I think perhaps in the survey they mistook anger for drunkenness, there is certainly plenty of that in Clapham.

"The Tube can make me angry, with the overcrowding and people coughing in your face."

Meanwhile, 27-year-old office temp Mardy McDonald, also from Clapham, said: “I don’t really get angry at anything and don’t think Lambeth is an angry place.

"Only the rain and cold make me angry, although I really loved the snow."

Taiwa Olagunju, 42, a civil enforcement officer from Streatham, said: "If anything I would say the cold weather is the only thing that makes me angry, although I try not to get angry at anything."

Clapham music teacher James Hitchins, 34, said: "I heard about the survey, I was surprised Lambeth was top I was expecting it to be somewhere in east London.

"Overcrowding could make people angry and the traffic is the main thing that annoys me.”

Shopkeeper Hayat Khan, 22, from Clapham, added: "I don't like the cold weather or the rain, because it means we have less customers.

"But I do find Clapham quite peaceful and quiet."