Police have warned that phone snatchers are operating on the Elmington Estate in Camberwell.
Local officers advised people to “look up and look out” and consider registering their phones’ serial numbers with crime prevention organisations.
The Met said suspects “often dressed in dark colours and riding bicycles” had stolen phones on Jago Walk and Edmund Street.
Please Be advised! Phone snatchers are operating on the Elmington estate. There has been a number of reports of Smart Phones being snatched out of the hands of people walking through the estate, most recently Jago Walk and Edmund Street.
— Camberwell SNT (@MPSCamberwell) January 16, 2024
On X, formerly Twitter, @MPSCamberwell wrote: “Please Be advised! Phone snatchers are operating on the Elmington estate.
“There has been a number of reports of Smart Phones being snatched out of the hands of people walking through the estate, most recently Jago Walk and Edmund Street.
“The suspects are often dressed in dark colours and riding cycles. Please ‘look up and look out’ for would be suspects when using your phone in public.”
Police said registering their phones’ serial numbers with crime prevention organisations to make their property harder to sell in second hand phone shops
Officers routinely check the serial numbers of recovered phones against their database so they can return them to the victims.
You can find your phone’s serial number (IMEI) by dialing *#06# on the dialling screen. Register your phone’s serial number so it’s accessible to police here.