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Revealed: West End’s phone theft hotspot streets as numbers of London crimes soar

Oxford Street, Europe’s busiest shopping precinct, tops the list with 6,539 reports last year – nearly 18 a day

Evening Standard · Jul 2, 2025

Nabbed in 60 seconds: Met Police’s new super-fast e-bikes put to the test in war on phone snatchers

Lightweight Sur-ron cycles used in crackdown after 70,137 devices stolen in London last year - one every seven minutes

Evening Standard · Jun 2, 2025

Police reveal new super-fast e-bikes putting the brakes on phone snatchers in London

Lightweight Sur-ron cycles used to crack down on the capital’s £50m-a-year trade in stolen handsets

Evening Standard · May 21, 2025

Gangs stealing mobile phones to be targeted in crackdown after huge spike in thefts

Masked thieves often targeted victims by snatching phones while on motorbikes and ebikes on busy high streets across the country

The Independent UK · Sep 2, 2024

London phone thief who stole 24 mobiles in single morning jailed for two years

The phone thief dropped some of his haul when officers knocked him off his bike in the middle of a busy road in the City

Evening Standard · Aug 12, 2024

Phone snatch city: Victims' plea after surge in muggers on two wheels in London

Alarming increase in phone grabs by masked thugs riding bikes and e-scooters

Evening Standard · Jun 7, 2024

Dramatic moment police capture London e-bike mugger who stole 24 phones in one morning

Mobile phone snatcher Sonny Stringer, 28, admitted nine counts of theft but his accomplice escaped capture

The Independent UK · Jun 5, 2024

Police issue warning to AirPods users in wake of serial iPhone thefts — enable this feature now

A London Police officer has warned AirPods users to activate Transparency Mode following a spate of mobile phone thefts in the capital.

iMore · Jun 5, 2024

Moment e-bike mugger is caught by London police after stealing phones from 24 people in day-long crime spree

Sonny Stringer has admitted ten counts of theft covering the 24 phones, as well as dangerous driving and driving without insurance

Evening Standard · Jun 5, 2024