Crowds are back, and so are the opportunists who treat busy sidewalks like a shopping aisle. “Pickpocketing” rarely has a perfect global scoreboard, so this list leans on the best nearby signals: official “theft from the person” figures, police warnings, and reporting tied to high-traffic visitor zones.
None of this means every neighborhood feels risky, or that locals are the problem. It does mean you should plan like a realist: protect phones, split cards and cash, and assume transport hubs are a hunting ground when foot traffic spikes.
1. United Kingdom
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London’s street-theft conversation is loud because it’s visible. In the UK Office for…