Interesting facts and figures

Here are some interesting facts and figures about lost items.

From Eurescom

The survey reveals, 63,135 mobile phones, 5,838 pocket PCs and 4,973 laptops were left in the back of cabs in London during the second half of 2004. Compared to the last survey carried out in 2001, this represents a 71 percent increase in laptops and 350 percent increase in pocket PCs. Surprisingly, the number of lost mobile phones has risen only by less than two per cent during that period. Click here to read more.

From the Carphone Warehouse

The mobile phone industry, backed by the Home Office, today announced that one million phones have been reported lost or stolen and subsequently ‘blocked’ since the creation in November 2002 of the ‘Immobilise Phone Crime’ initiative to clamp down on mobile phone crime. Click here to read more.

From the BBC

More than 50% of mobile owners reported they had had their phone stolen or lost in the last three years. Click here to read more.