Policing Minister 'deeply concerned' over high rate of phone thefts in London pledging to do more

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Policing Minister 'deeply concerned' over high rate of phone thefts in London pledging to do more
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The Policing Minister has told LBC he is 'deeply concerned' over the high rate of mobile phone thefts in London. NickFerrariLBC

A staggering 90,864 phones - equating to almost 250 a day - were stolen across the capital last year, according to stats provided to the BBC byThey reveal Westminster is London’s phone theft hotspot, with 25,899 mobiles stolen there in 2022 - almost 30 per cent of the total stolen across the capital.

The figures have also exposed the slim likelihood of victims being reunited with stolen phones, showing only around two per cent of mobiles stolen in London last year were later recovered. Meanwhile, celebrity talent manager Chad Teixeira’s phones were stolen by thieves three times in a matter of weeks last year.

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