Data from the Metropolitan Police reveals there were 116,656 reported mobile thefts in 2024 - the highest number on record.
More than 116,000 mobile phones were stolen in London last year, or 320 every single day, new figures show.
Data from the Metropolitan Police reveals there were 116,656 reported mobile thefts in 2024 – the highest number on record.
It was more than 50 per cent higher than the total recorded in 2017 when mobile thefts in the capital stood at just over 77,000.
Last year’s total was equivalent to 13 phones being stolen every hour.
It was 1,300 incidents higher than in the previous 12 months.
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