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2024-04-13 18:33:41 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: A4E2048B16AC7C4B246588F5BE6D347973653960661E6A3F0CB1E56E26E8C709
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Original Note:
While this may have been what the police said, official figures for estimated phones stolen per day in London vary from 150-250. (Data only available up until January 2023 so 2000 per day is unlikely but not impossible especially with increased reporting/surveillance) https://www.london.gov.uk/mayor-and-met-commissioner-convene-landmark-meeting-world-leading-mobile-phone-companies-design-out#:~:text=In%20the%20last%2012%20months,stolen%20every%20day%20in%20London. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-66442069.amp https://www.met.police.uk/cy-GB/SysSiteAssets/foi-media/metropolitan-police/disclosure_2023/march_2023/mobile-phone-thefts-january2022-january2023.xlsx
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