<p>The Government recognises the significant impact invasive crimes such as theft can have on individuals and the wider community. That is why we established the Safer Streets Fund to help prevent these crimes from happening. The Safer Streets Fund provides funding for crime prevention measures such as increased streetlighting and CCTV in high crime areas.</p><p>In December 2022, the National Police Chiefs Council Personal Robbery portfolio co-ordinated Operation Calibre, a national week of action across police forces in England and Wales aimed at reducing robbery of mobile phones. Action included targeted activity and crime prevention advice in high footfall areas; school and youth engagement; diversionary visits to offenders; and development of intelligence.</p><p> </p><p>Data from ONS Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW) for the year ending March 2020 (the latest year for which data is available) estimated that there were 325,000 victims of mobile phone thefts. These data can be found in the year ending March 2020 Property Crime Tables published here: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ons.gov.uk%2Fpeoplepopulationandcommunity%2Fcrimeandjustice%2Fdatasets%2Ffocusonpropertycrimeappendixtables&data=05%7C01%7CKhadijah.Ishaq%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C9f02dbbe40054585cb1508db0b4fb20f%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638116209132717552%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=bboGu3%2BkjTd%2FR6hbqZjHPps9kCIVdR3PfENbkYBuWJM%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank">Property crime tables - Office for National Statistics (ons.gov.uk)</a></p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Justice is responsible for prosecutions data. The latest data are published here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-june-2022" target="_blank">Criminal Justice System statistics quarterly: June 2022 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</a> The data cannot be broken down to identify offences of mobile phone theft.</p>