Thefts of mobile phones from January 2017 to February 2024

Freedom of information request reference no: 01.FOI.24.037750

I note you seek access to the following information:

All mobile and phone theft in London - From the annual year of 2017 to the most up to date –

1. Type of phone stolen and model –
2. Recovered/not recovered –
3. Time the theft took place –
4. Location/ borough –
5. The price of the phones (if available) –
6. Was anyone convicted/caught for the crime –
7. Gender of the victim (if available)

Decision

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

Please find below information pursuant to your request above.

I have today decided to disclose most of the requested information. Please note that some information is not held by the Met, as indicated below.

The Performance Analysis Unit has extracted all data for your request except for information related to convictions for question 7, this is because the Met only holds data on ‘outcomes’. There is no field on our crime system where we can extract conviction data. This data can be sourced from the CPS (Crown Prosecution Service), please see link below.

With reference to question 7 regarding convictions, I have included a link to the CPS Freedom of Information website, which you may find useful.

Please see the spreadsheet below for data that answers questions 1-6 and 8.