Mobile phones are most stolen item as 7,000 taken last year

Mobile phones are the item most likely to be stolen, with some 7,000 snatched last year.

Gardaí said the number of phone thefts in 2015 fell by 5% compared with the figure for 2014, but still equated to almost €3m worth of stolen property.

The figures show 60% of thefts and robberies involve the stealing of a mobile phone, and that 40% of thefts take place at night, between 10pm and 4am.