London Phone Thefts Hit Record High with over 116,000 Stolen Last Year

Mobile phone thefts in London soared to an all-time high last year, with nearly 330 being stolen every day on the streets of the British capital.

According to Metropolitan Police figures seen by the Daily Mail, a record 116,656 mobile phone thefts were recorded in 2024, or around 13 per hour.

This represented a rise of 1,300 over the previous year and more than a fifty per cent jump since 2017 when the figure stood at around 77,000.

The dataset found that theives were more likely to target women, with 61,000 phone theft victims being women in 2024, compared to 48,000 male victims.

Despite the soaring levels of phone thefts, London’s police force — often criticised for spending valuable manpower hours policing supposedly offensive comments online

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