📱 Phone Marking Session Helping Combat Mobile Theft
The five City Business Improvement Districts, alongside the City Business Partnership, have partnered with the City of London Police to run free phone marking events to help combat the increase in mobile phone theft.
🔎 To make stolen phones traceable and strengthen the criminal case against thieves when arrested, these discreet and unique stickers help police to quickly identify and return stolen phones to victims when recovered. Police are also encouraging people to set up a medical contact on their phone, enabling someone access to next-of-kin details when the phone is locked which will ensure it gets returned to its lawful owner.
📉 The police are making inroads into tackling the issue, with mobile thefts down 30% alone in the City this year. However, from over 1000 stolen phones recovered by the City of London Police in the last two years, less than half have been returned because the owner couldn’t be located.
🔗 Known as Operation Swipe, various pop-up events will be taking place across the City over the coming months, to find one near you visit the City of London Police website.
Phone Marking Events in the Culture Mile
🕚 11:00 – 13:00 | 📅 Wednesday 18 June 2025 | 📍St Bartholomew’s Hospital, Main Hospital Square, EC1A 7BE
🕚 12:00 – 14:00 | 📅 Wednesday 25 June 2025 | 📍 Barclays, 120 Moorgate, London EC2M 6UR
👉 Supported by the Culture Mile BID, you can head down to to get your phone marked. Click on the events section of our website for further details.
Further Information
The five City Business Improvement Districts (Aldgate Connect, Cheapside Business Alliance, Culture Mile, Eastern City, Fleet Street Quarter), alongside the City Business Partnership (City River), are business-led and business funded bodies formed to improve a defined commercial area.