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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
National
Anthony France

West End’s phone theft hotspots revealed as police record over 30 snatches a day on just 30 streets

The 30 most blighted streets for phone theft in London’s West End can be revealed - with an average of 31 reported offences committed every day.

Figures show Oxford Street, Europe’s busiest shopping precinct, topped the list with 8,745 reports in nearly two years often by criminals on e-bikes and electric scooters.

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