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London
fromwww.standard.co.uk
12 hours ago

Phone snatching down 30% in Square Mile as City of London Police begin Christmas crime crackdown

Phone snatching in the City of London fell 30% April–October, with police using covert and high-visibility tactics and support services to deter thefts.
London
fromwww.standard.co.uk
3 days ago

West End phone thieves burying stolen handsets

Stolen phones are being hidden in community gardens in Covent Garden and other West End hotspots, often wrapped in tin foil for later retrieval.
London
fromwww.standard.co.uk
2 weeks ago

Alexa Chung becomes the latest celebrity targeted by phone snatchers in London

Phone theft in London remains rampant, with international smuggling networks exporting tens of thousands of stolen devices and calls for manufacturers to strengthen security.
London
fromwww.standard.co.uk
1 month ago

Just one in 88 luxury watches snatched in London are ever recovered, figures reveal

Only one in 88 luxury watches stolen in London are recovered; 5,180 were stolen and just 59 recovered between January 2022 and July 2025.
UK news
fromwww.bbc.com
2 months ago

'Cinderella' phone snatcher jailed for 15 months

Spencer Duarte jailed for 15 months after DNA from his lost shoe linked him to a phone-snatching on Ludgate Hill.
UK news
fromwww.standard.co.uk
2 months ago

Cinderella' phone snatcher who left DNA on shoe jailed for 15 months

Spencer Duarte was jailed for 15 months after DNA from a lost shoe linked him to a City of London phone theft.
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London food
fromTime Out London
6 months ago

A new map shows where people get robbed the most on Oxford Street

Oxford Circus and Tottenham Court Road are hotspots for theft, especially phone snatching, according to police data.
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