Expert warns there’s no phone-theft silver bullet as Met Police issue tech bosses June deadline
A cyber security expert has cast doubt on the Metropolitan Police’s new June deadline for tech companies to tackle phone-theft.

A cyber security expert has cast doubt on the Metropolitan Police’s new June deadline for tech companies to tackle phone-theft.

London boroughs have seen a significant decrease in ‘positive outcomes’ for perpetrators of knife crime, with numbers halving since 2021.

Kingston upon Thames is amongst the safest boroughs in London, crime stats show, with just 80 crimes per 1,000 people.

Westminster is the London borough with the most mobile phone thefts, Met Police data has shown. Nearly 20,000 incidents were