In response to my case, London’s Metropolitan Police said the city is “seeing phone thefts on an industrial scale”.

You hear of overseas muggings, and friends losing passports, but when you’re on your own holiday, you’re in holiday mode – ...

Crime Robbery hotspots revealed - including Birmingham area where someone is mugged 'every 31 hours' New map shows exactly where the most robberies and carjackings take place across the city ...

You can see how it compares near you using the interactive map below. Another 262 robberies were recorded in Birmingham’s nearby Central neighbourhood, the seventh-highest in the country and ...

The most violent West Midlands neighbourhoods, where residents are most likely to be mugged, carjacked or forced to hand over phones, have been revealed. Police data has showed the areas which ...

By that metric, Birmingham Central had the highest crime rate for robbery in our area - and the highest in the country outside London - with 40 robberies for every 1,000 residents.

Experts have now u-turned and warn that the popular security trick of blurring your home on Google Maps might put you at a ...

Live facial recognition technology (LFR) is helping the Met stay ahead of criminals at a time "where money is tight," ...

Tory MSP Rachael Hamilton quoted one Scot as saying people are ‘scared, attacked and traumatised’ by the birds.

A Strictly Come Dancing dancer was left 'scared' after an alleged mugging incident while she was walking through London to the dentist.