The tube can be stressful at the best of times. It\u2019s busy, it\u2019s often running late, and on top of it all you\u2019ve got to keep vigilant to ensure you don\u2019t end up stepping off the carriage with fewer belongings than you had when you got on.<\/p>\n
Phone theft has been a big problem in London in the past few years, but it\u2019s not just drive-by robbers you have to be aware of. Nearly 11,000 mobiles were nicked from unsuspecting Underground passengers in 2024, but the risk is substantially higher on some lines than others,\u00a0the Telegraph<\/a> has revealed.<\/p>\n Based on statistics obtained from the Metropolitan Police via a Freedom of Information request (FOI), the newspaper reports that the Victoria line<\/strong> is the worst for phone thefts, with 2,034 devices\u00a0stolen last year. This statistic is particularly alarming given the fact that the Victoria is the shortest line on the network (with the exception of the Waterloo and City line, which only serves two stations). For every mile of track used by the Victoria, 156 phones were stolen.<\/p>\n RECOMMENDED: The south London area that is officially the safest place to live in Britain<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n The Central<\/strong>\u00a0line<\/strong> had the second highest rates of stolen phones, with 1,902 thefts in 2024, and next came the Jubilee<\/strong> line<\/strong>, where some 1,804 people lost their handsets to pickpocketing.<\/p>\n You can relax a little more when you travel on the Metropolitan<\/strong> line<\/strong>. Only 411 phones were taken off the maroon line, a rate which is 75 percent lower than that of the Victoria.<\/p>\n Interestingly, the low-level lines (the ones which go deeper underground) were all worse off for phone thefts than those which stay closer to the service, with the exception of the Bakerloo line.<\/p>\n RECOMMENDED: The most crime ridden tube stations in London have been revealed for 2025<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n The worst London Underground lines for phone thefts<\/p>\n Here\u2019s every tube Line (except the Waterloo and City) ranked from worst to best in terms of how many phones were stolen from them last year, including the exact number of thefts that occurred.<\/p>\n
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