Thanks! Given this was CBC, my jaw hit the floor when I saw London. I live 20 mins from London, Ontario and 70k thefts in a year would be _insane_. Then I realized it was about London, U.K. and my jaw only hit the table. 70k is still insane, though.

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clort 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Is it really insane? That is less than 200 per day, in a city of 15 million people.. a single gang of 20 thieves could likely manage that! The real question is, how does this compare to other cities of this size and demographics?

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iamnothere an hour ago | parent [-]

Why compare demographics?

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pavel_lishin 31 minutes ago | parent [-]

I would expect a city that's mostly retirement communities to have less snatch-and-run thefts than a city where tourists make up a large part of the population at any given time.

	▲	iamnothere 16 minutes ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Interestingly, Tokyo has a much larger population than London with a very low crime rate. I can’t find specific numbers on stolen phones (only lost phone statistics are published) but robberies/muggings are 0.04 per 1,000 yearly versus London’s 2.83 per 1,000. Seoul has a similar rate to Tokyo, 0.4 to 0.5.
	▲	aliclark 18 minutes ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Retired people a probably quite easy targets in this scenario.

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frereubu an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-]

The number is too high, but dropping: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdx4762znr6o

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skobes 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Even the CBC thinks of London, England before London, Ontario.

	▲	Waterluvian 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Poor London. (Ontario.) (Canada.)