Phone theft figures have gone up by 25% in the last 3 years!

According to a report in the Telegraph today, mobile phone theft has risen by a staggering 25% in the last three years with, on average, 264 phone robberies reported to the police every da

Research by LV= home insurance revealed that over half of mobile phone thieves are teenagers, with some of those caught as young as nine years old.

Over half of perpetrators arrested are aged 19 or under according to the Metropolitan Police, with close to 16,500 teens arrested in the past three years nationwide.

John O’Roarke, of LV= home insurance, said: “We have seen a real shift in theft claims over the past decade with thieves preferring to target small, easily portable items such as mobile phones and gadgets.

"The latest smartphones are worth hundreds of pounds on the black market and can be easily sold on, making them particularly attractive to opportunistic thieves."

With the increase of smartphones, people now use their phones to check their bank accounts and update personal information on social networking sites- information that can be very valuable to fraudsters. It is important to make sure that you log out of any applications that could give anyone access to your private personal information and keep your phone password protected at all times.

Pickpocketing is the most common form of mobile phone theft. One in six of those who have had a phone stolen say it was taken from their bag or pocket. Make it difficult for thieves to remove your phone from your person with the Mi-Zone 2-way proximity alarm.  The Mi-Zone works with your handset or tablet and can be attached to anything you consider valuable or worth protecting. You can choose from 3 security settings: Low, medium and high, depending on the range of the security zone you wish to create and as soon as your belongings move outside of the selected zone, a flashing alert and audio alarm will be activated on your screen. Just keep your Mi-Zone tag by your side or in your pocket, and it will alert you when your handset or tablet is moved away from you.  You can also use it to locate missing handset/tablet by pressing the button on the tag for 10 seconds and, as long as it is in range, the alert will activate on your phone or tablet allowing you to pinpoint its exact location.