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Over 70,000 victims of bag and phone theft on streets of England and Wales
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September 3, 2024
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2:56Now PlayingThe number of people having their phone or bagged snatched in brazen street crime is soaring.
An estimated 78,000 people, or more than 200 a day, had their phones or bags stolen in the year leading up to March 2024, according to Home Office analysis of data from the Crime Survey for England and Wales.
Police intelligence shows that the increase is likely driven by greater demand for second-hand phones in the UK and abroad.
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