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The findings support those by Halifax Home Insurance who claim that on average, one mobile phone is stolen in the UK alone every 12 seconds. The article was based on figures by Halifax combined with government statistics, claiming more than 2 million phones stolen at a cost of 390 million pounds in 2005 alone.

Juniper's survey questioned a wide demographic including young mobile consumers aged 5 to 20 years, while enlisting a contrast of opinion from parents and teachers. The survey - covering purchasing and spending patterns, security issues, and time spent on and relative importance of mobile phones in today's youth culture - raised a number of concerns.

According to Juniper figures, theft appears intrinsically wound within young mobile consumer culture with 70 percent of those aged 5 to 20 years having an experience in some way with mobile theft. Figures supported by over one half of all responding parents, and 83 percent of teachers who expressed their respective experience of mobile theft through their children and students.

The survey further considered other security concerns associated with adolescent mobile use, with 27 percent of 5 to 20 year olds the victims of mobile mugging, or associated with someone who has. A further 22 percent registered having been, or associated with, a victim of bullying via mobile phone.