Perception of runaway crime partly blamed for ‘driving away the super-rich’ but in reality some high-profile offences such as watch theft are falling ‘Snatch theft’: the unstoppable rise of phone theft Perception of runaway crime partly blamed for ‘driving away the super-rich’ but in reality some high-profile offences such as watch theft are falling ‘Snatch theft’: the unstoppable rise of phone theft London is no longer a safe place to live, at least in the eyes of some of its richest residents