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1. Waterluvian · 1786041461 · focus · HN ↗

   Is "snatching a phone and running off" a common enough problem in some regions that this is worth having? Or is this a feature chasing after fears of the bogeyman, leading to concrete inconveniences like this?

   1. hbn · 1786041524 · focus · HN ↗

      > Is "snatching a phone and running off" a common enough problem in some regions that this is worth having?

      Yes absolutely

      <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.cbc.ca&#x2F;news&#x2F;world&#x2F;phone-london-snatch-9.7204104" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.cbc.ca&#x2F;news&#x2F;world&#x2F;phone-london-snatch-9.7204104

      1. Waterluvian · 1786041776 · focus · HN ↗

         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.

         1. clort · 1786043086 · focus · HN ↗

            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?

            1. iamnothere · 1786045415 · focus · HN ↗

               Why compare demographics?

               1. pavel_lishin · 1786047836 · focus · HN ↗

                  I would expect a city that&#x27;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.

                  1. aliclark · 1786048609 · focus · HN ↗

                     Retired people a probably quite easy targets in this scenario.
                  2. iamnothere · 1786048776 · focus · HN ↗

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