Half stolen mobile devices in the
United Kingdom are iPhones, reports TechWorld, making it easy to resell
afterwards, while women top the victims list.
According to the report, bad
elements in the Britain’s capital city have been reported to have stolen 157
mobile devices on daily basis.
London’s Metropolitan Police stunned newsmen
when it released the latest statistics, indicating that an astonishing 79 of
which are iPhones, new statistics from
The report also added that in the
six months to September 2012, a total of 56,680 mobiles were stolen from users
in the city, 28,800 of which were desirable and easy-to-resell iPhones.
By the end of December, 2012, the
latest month for which figures were recently released, crimes involving mobile
device theft reached 9,751 for the month, mostly from young professionals between
the ages of 20 and 30, with women the most likely to be targeted by thieves.
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