Comedian's phone stolen in London

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Phone theft

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‘They rob you visibly, with no repercussions’ – the unstoppable rise of phone theft

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Phone theft is a growing global problem, but in UK terms it’s predominantly a London problem.

Of 78,000 people who had a phone or bag snatched in England and Wales in the year up to the end of March , more than 58,000 of those ( 74% ) were in London .

Lina Slim , 39 , experienced two attempted phone thefts in the space of three weeks .

Stolen phones usually get sold overseas or domestically, at small pop-up stores.

Met’s figures show a quarter of London snatch thefts are knife-enabled.

Government is launching a nationwide probe into the stolen phone market.

The Met estimates that only 3% of snatch thefts are by moped, 6% by pedal bike.

Many people also cite ebikes as a factor, by-the-minute hires such as Lime that can accelerate getaway speeds.

O2 recommends the following, before it’s stolen: make a note of the IMEI number.

Report it as soon as possible, since networks will cap your losses.

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