A woman walking unawares through Marylebone starts to panic after her phone was swiped from her hands in broad daylight, as phone thefts in London continue to rise.
This new map reveals London 's phone theft hotspots, with nearly 52,000 devices stolen in the capital last year as criminals on mopeds and e-bikes use violence and distraction techniques to target victims.
Figures show 165,933 mobile phone thefts were reported to the Metropolitan Police between January 1, 2019 and December 31 last year - making up 52 per cent of the total in England and Wales. London is by far the worst affected city in England and Wales, with criminals targeting wealthy shoppers and foreign tourists.
A man filming the video from a passing car chillingly predicts what was about to happen, with the onlooker clearly heard in the nine second video saying: 'He's going to grab her phone.'It is the second such attack caught on camera in as many days as a spate of attacks has shocked many Londoners as the horrific crime wave has swept through the capital.
The thief on the back attempts to grab it but the man is able to pull his arm away. The incident happened at 8am today in Tottenham, north London. At the start of the clip - which has been shared widely on TikTok and X - the thief can be seen riding alongside another cyclist who is also dressed all in black.
Last month a video showed a cyclist dressed all in black ride up to a group of people standing near the Curzon cinema on Shaftesbury Avenue in London's West End Footage shows Peter lunging towards the motorcyclist trying to grab his phone, before chasing him down the street. Locals warned visitors to central London to 'watch their backs' due to the spate of robberies. Jason Green fumed: 'Phone thieves are the scum of the earth.'
The City of London Police said it is running a targeted operation that is disrupting phone snatching in the Square Mile.
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