• Mobile phone thieves are costing the UK £390m each year
according to new figures issued by Halifax Home Insurance

• Incidents of the crime are happening so frequently that one mobile phone is stolen every twelve seconds in the UK

• There are currently over 37 million mobile phone owners in the UK and over two million mobile phones are stolen annually

• The most expensive phones were stolen in the Essex towns of Romford & Ilford where the average claim amounted to around £300

• An increase in high profile “phone-jacking” cases - where thieves are snatching phones right from their victims’ grasp as they walk down the street

• Recently published Home Office research shows that children of school age are at least five times more likely to become victims of mobile phone theft, including robbery, than adults

• Mobile phones are now involved in 28% of all robberies compared to 8% three years ago

• The report also found that mobile phone theft is often a ‘Male on Male crime’

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