Mobile phone thefts from January 2022 to January 2023

Freedom of information request reference no: 01.FOI.23.028760

I note you seek access to the following information:

1. The number of reported mobile phone thefts in each London borough in 2022?
2. The number of recovered devices in each borough for 2022?
3. The number of these phone thefts that involved the person taking the phone riding on a moped/motorcycle/bicycle or similar.
4. Number of phone thefts that saw a mobile phone stolen from a female.

Can I get a Borough breakdown for all of these datasets.

I would also like the same data for 2023 so far - but please can they be in different tables.

5. Number of businesses signed up to the Be Safe Campaign.

Decision

I have today decided to disclose the located information to you in full.

Please find below information pursuant to your request above.

Questions 1-4

The number of reported mobile phone thefts in each London borough in 2022?
The number of recovered devices in each borough for 2022?
The number of these phone thefts that involved the person taking the phone riding on a moped/motorcycle/bicycle or similar.
Number of phone thefts that saw a mobile phone stolen from a female.

Please find attached the requested data.

Question 5
Number of businesses signed up to the Be Safe Campaign.

Information not held.

‘Be Safe’ is an ongoing Met Police crime prevention campaign that aims to motivate, empower and mobilise Londoners to take steps to reduce their vulnerability to crime. This isn’t a specific scheme that businesses themselves can sign up to, but more the branding with which a variety of prevention works sit under. The MPS business engagement team work very closely with the London business community in a variety of ways, but signing them up to the Be Safe Campaign is not a piece work in progress.