Londoners are being warned to remain extra-vigilant as pickpocketing in some areas of the capital surges by 700%.
Between March 2023 and 2024, the Metropolitan Police received more than 79,000 reports of pickpockets.
Some 28,155 were reported in Westminster, with one in seven people in the area having something – mainly mobile phones – stolen from them.
This marks a 712% increase in the area from three years ago...