Offenses recorded by the police On the basis of figures from six police forces extrapolated to England and Wales, there were an estimated 340, 000 offenses involving theft of phones recorded by the police. These figures will not reflect the fact that not all mobile phone thefts are reported. Police figures The police figures showed that 4 in 10 phones were stolen in other’types of theft and about two in ten from cars.

PhillyDeals: Cell insurers ring up big payday (Philly.com)

Before there were cell phones in Philadelphia, the Cherry Hill-born, Main Line-bred Cloetingh brothers, Stephen and Thomas, set up a firm to insure those bulky $3,000 models against getting dropped or stolen.