Keep your phones, bags, purses, wallets, and tech out of sight when you can.

Do not leave your bag, phone, purses, or wallets unattended, even briefly. Bags left in shopping trolleys or phones on tables can be an easy target for thieves.

Do not hang bags containing your purse/wallet or other valuables on the backs of chairs or tucked under chairs where you cannot see them.

Watch out for people approaching you when sat at a table, say at a coffee shop. A common technique is to ask for directions and use the cover of a map or newspaper to take your valuables from the table.

Register your property on the Immobilise website.

Make sure you know your phone’s IMEI number in case it is lost or stolen – it will make life, and the potential of getting it back, much easier.

Switch on two-factor authentification or parental controls on your phone to make it harder to be ‘signed out’ of, if stolen