London's street crimewave revealed: Shoplifting rises 48% as pickpocketing and phone snatching surge

London has been rocked by a wave of petty crime with pickpocketing up 38 per cent and shoplifting up 48 per cent in a year - (PA Archive)

London has been rocked by a wave of petty crime with pickpocketing up 38 per cent and shoplifting up 48 per cent in a year, new figures show.

The Met Police and City of London Police recorded 944,823 total offences in the year up to June 2024, a rise of 5 per cent on the previous year, according to data from the Office for National Statistics.