You say this, but the number of folks I know in London who have been mugged for phones, handbags and wallets by blokes on scooters is unreal, in broad daylight too.
OK, so if you acknowledge that muggings on scooters were/are/were an issue, what do you think these former/would-be scooter muggers will do? Go back to do doing it on foot, which is in stark contrast to what the post I replied to said.
Personally, I'd never stand with something like a Nintendo Switch out in public in "London", but it honestly depends on the area of London. Some are much worse than others for crime.
I think the point is that whilst stabbings might not be high, the use of knives as a weapon to intimidate and mug people (going beyond just purse snatchers) is very effective, and much more common than you might imagine, nobody wants to get cut, and nobody really wants to stab anybody over a few hundred quid of electronics.
