The scale of phone robberies across the UK
Mobile phone robberies happen in every police constabulary (reported), data for the 12 months to July 2024, although some forces provided data for slightly different dates. Phone robberies have seen huge jumps in Merseyside, South Yorkshire, and City of London.
% change is from 2019/20 figures to 2023/24. Police forces in grey did not respond or provide data: Avon and Somerset Constabulary
Cheshire Constabulary
Devon and Cornwall Constabulary
Durham Constabulary
Dyfed-Powys Police
Greater Manchester Police
Gwent Police
Hampshire Constabulary
South Wales Police
Staffordshire Police
Thames Valley Police
Warwickshire Police
West Mercia Police
West Midlands Police
Wiltshire Police
Scotland Police.
