"We are in the midst of a phone theft epidemic, and our government is failing to act. Our politicians need to wake up to reality: they need to stop this epidemic, and push our justice system to catch, convict and imprison these career criminals. Half of all crime is committed by just 10 per cent of offenders, meaning only a small number of career criminals are committing most phone thefts."
"Data collected by the organisation showed a total of 684,000 mobile phones were reported stolen in London from 2017 to 2024, with an estimated value of 365 million. Phone thefts rose to 91,000 in 2019 but drastically reduced during Covid lockdowns and travel restrictions. By 2023, the number of thefts had resumed to pre-Covid levels, with 115,000 phones reported stolen."
London experienced a record of over 116,000 mobile phone thefts in the most recent year, an increase of about 1,300 incidents from 2023. Victims included roughly 61,000 women and under 48,000 men, with gender unrecorded for about 7,000 cases. Only 169 suspects were charged and seven received cautions. Theft reports total about 684,000 phones from 2017–2024, valued at an estimated £365 million. Theft incidents peak in late afternoon and early evening, with Apple iPhones the most commonly stolen devices. Westminster recorded the highest number of thefts.
Read at www.standard.co.uk
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