The streets where YOU could fall victim to the phone muggers of Mayfair: How thieves on e-bikes roam in loops around one of London's most affluent districts hunting for targets

Phone muggers on e-bikes are increasingly targeting one of London's most affluent areas - as MailOnline plots out the hotspot streets where they have struck several times in recent months. Email katherine.lawton@mailonline.co.uk MailOnline's new map shows the apparent routes young crooks are taking on a regular basis in and around Hyde Park A worker was walking opposite Hyde Park with a colleague when a brazen thief, wearing all black, mounted the kerb and made off with his phone CCTV shows the builder return into frame shortly after abandoning his chase of the electric vehicle on Friday Dozens of shoppers and tourists are wandering the street, when seemingly out of nowhere, two balaclava-clad cyclists appear But videos published on MailOnline over the summer only showcase the scale of the problem - including a builder who was targeted by a thief, all in black, who casually leans in to steal the handset before speeding off in seconds. CCTV captured a nearly identical crime in July, also opposite Hyde Park, when another unsuspecting man had his mobile snatched in broad daylight by a crook in all black A balaclava-clad thief was seen brazenly snatching a mobile phone from a woman's hand before racing away in central London in April She was seen making an attempt to pursue the thief as he clutched her phone in his hand DS Hussain is not surprised that London has become a hotspot for the so-called 'i-jackers'. This moment shows a cycle-riding offender preparing to seize a man's phone in nearby Park Lane Onlookers could only watch as the victim tried to run after the bike rider before eventually giving up Policing minister Dame Diana Johnson has vowed to work with phone makers to make devices less lucrative targets of theft - but there are concerns phones will still be sold for parts Ministers have vowed to do more to tackle the spate of phone thefts by urging manufacturers to make devices harder to unlock, 'designing out' the ability for used handsets to be sold on. CCTV released by the Met Police showed a masked Amari Scott, 20, mount the pavement in Croydon, south London earlier this year on March 6 He was found in possession of two stolen phones and a stolen motorbike, and has now been jailed for four years Commenting on the phone theft crisis today, the Met said: 'We understand the impact that mobile phone theft can have on victims – it's an invasive and sometimes violent crime - and we're committed to protecting Londoners and tackling this issue as we make the capital safer.