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‘I feel very on edge’: Phone theft on the rise in London
National World - LocalTV
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08/01/2025
We ask Londoners how they feel about phone theft in the capital.
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00:00
Phone snatching, so it's quite a common thing in London, people will drive up on a moped, snatch your phone.
00:05
Is that something that's happened to you guys ever? Do you know anyone that's happened to?
00:09
No, no.
00:10
What do you know about it and how do you kind of feel about it?
00:13
Well, it's...
00:15
Well, you have to be on your guard, haven't you?
00:17
Yeah, yeah, yeah. I find a lot of people are wearing, like, little chains around their wrists.
00:23
Our daughter-in-law has one, so when she's talking on the phone, she's got this around her wrist.
00:31
And how does that make you feel that people that are in London and also anywhere are having to get that in order to stop it?
00:38
Well, it's just the state of the country as it is now, isn't it, really?
00:41
Sign of the times.
00:42
Sign of the times and...
00:44
And it's a shame.
00:45
And nobody's not doing enough to stamp it out, it's as simple as that.
00:50
I'm definitely very much conscious about it.
00:53
And it has happened to quite a few of my friends, unfortunately.
00:56
Luckily, it hasn't happened to me yet.
00:58
But, yeah, it's definitely something that I'm very, very, like, on edge about now, especially...
01:04
But the good thing, I think, because it's winter, so now hopefully it should be a little bit less.
01:09
But it is something to still keep in mind.
01:12
It hasn't happened to me before.
01:15
I don't know anyone that's happened to either, but I'm aware of it.
01:19
And I'm always, yeah, pretty worried when I'm using my phone out on the street, for sure.
01:23
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
01:24
Do you consider, like, ever getting a...
01:27
Hand straps now are quite popular for your phone just to keep it on your wrist.
01:31
Because a lot of people will get them on, like, mopeds and take them away.
01:34
Do you ever consider buying something like that or do you think you should?
01:37
Yeah, I don't know if I'd consider buying one of those because this is one of these things you need to carry around.
01:41
But, probably, yeah.
01:43
I mean, it would be interesting.
01:44
It would be interesting, but probably not something I'd buy, yeah.
01:47
I think at first I was a bit adamant.
01:49
But now, the good thing is because people have made them, like, customisable, so...
01:54
They are starting to convince me just a tiny bit, but...
01:57
Maybe.
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