Surveillance video shows a group of thieves stealing a woman’s iPhone on a San Francisco Muni bus. (CBS) Surveillance video shows a group of thieves stealing a woman’s iPhone on a San Francisco Muni bus. (CBS)

SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS)—Crime is at five-year high in San Francisco and according to police, the increase of smartphone robberies is largely responsible.

The latest numbers show that nearly 46,000 crimes were reported to police the end of October—the most ever since the San Francisco Police Department started tracking trends with their CompStat database in 2009.