Three Million Fall Victim To Mobiles Theft

Nearly three million Britons have had their phones stolen. And the worst place to be if you want to keep your phone is Sheffield, according to the survey from life assistance company CPP, with more than one in 10 residents having had their phones stolen.

Edinburgh, came a close second with one in nine people having had a phone taken, while one in eight Londoners had been hit by theft.

The findings also reveal the ways in which fearless phone thieves are targeting their victims.

A quarter were pick-pocketed, a fifth had their phone nabbed from a restaurant or pub table, while an unfortunate one in 10 were mugged.

Disappointly, one in 20 even had their phones stolen by crafty colleagues at work.

Tuesday afternoons are the most likely time for handsets to be pinched with other peak times including Monday mornings, Wednesday afternoons and Saturday nights.

"With Home Office figures suggesting that a staggering 228 mobiles are stolen every hour in the UK, mobile users need to remember that phone thieves will stop at nothing to get their hands on the latest handsets," said CPP's Danny Harrison.

"We urge all mobile owners to keep their handsets safe when going out, to prevent theft and to also avoid being careless and losing them unnecessarily."