9 May 2025, 10:53

By Johnny Jenkins

Almost everyone I know has had their phone stolen in London - so why aren’t we doing anything about it?

I saw it happen just the other day. I was on the Tube after a long day at work when, in the space of a few seconds, a masked man sprinted through the carriage doors and snatched a phone straight out of the hands of a workman sitting nearby.

No warning. No subtlety. Just violence and speed.

To his credit, the man gave chase and somehow managed to wrestle his phone back. Most people wouldn’t be that lucky - or that brave.

This isn’t quiet pickpocketing anymore. It’s blatant, aggressive theft, often in front of a carriage full of witnesses, and almost always without consequences.

The numbers back it up. There were over 70,000 recorded phone........

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