An estimated 78,000 people had phones or bags snatched from them on British streets in year to March 2024.
The Government has pledged to crack down on phone thefts after the number of incidents soared by more than 150 per cent last year.
Just 0.8 per cent of “theft from the person” resulted in a charge, and 81.9 per cent of police investigations were closed before a suspect was found. The Government is also expected to ask police chiefs to help tackle the issue, with Operation Opal – the national police intelligence unit – launching an intelligence probe to gather urgent information on the criminals who steal mobile phones, and where these devices end up.
“As part of our Safer Streets mission, this new government is determined to crack down on snatch theft, knife-enabled robbery, and other crimes that make people feel unsafe in our communities, and we are working to get thousands more uniformed officers into our communities to restore neighbourhood policing.
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