Tabitha Willett reveals she's had her Hermes Birkin with 'enormous value' stolen from her baby's pram while he was sleeping

Tabitha Willett has revealed that she had her Hermes Birkin with 'enormous value' stolen from her baby's pram while he was sleeping on Monday. The former Made In Chelsea star was targeted by thieves while shopping in Chelsea, London when her luxury handbag, which can cost between a staggering £26,000 to £65,000+, was stolen. Taking to Instagram to share the theft, she said it is a 'horrible violation' that a thief stole the handbag from her buggy as she shopped in Marks and Spencers.She wrote: 'Theft! My Birkin 25 in elephant gris and paladium hardware has just been stolen from Marks and Spencer on the Kings Road. 'Taken off the hook on the back of the buggy as I picked something off the shelf. Five minute before it was taken recognisable because of the orange twillly, please message me if you see it.' Tabitha Willett has revealed that she had her Hermes Birkin with 'enormous value' stolen from her baby's pram while he was sleeping on Monday The ex Made In Chelsea star was targeted by thieves while shopping in Chelsea, London when her luxury handbag, which can cost between a staggering £26,000 to £65,000+, was stolenThe TV personality was left furious as she explained that the designer item was a 'push present so very sentimental'. She added: 'It's a horrible violation especially to take from my pram where Orlando was sleeping. The value is obviously enormous but also it was my push present so very sentimental.'Tabitha welcomed a baby boy called Orlando in May with husband Harry Hoare. She is already a mother to her six-year-old daughter Ottilie from her former relationship with Fraser Carruthers.Last year, thieves stole more than £5.5million worth of luxury watches, handbags and jewellery from Londoners in just 19 months, according to shocking new figures.Data collected by the Daily Mail through a Freedom of Information request with the Met has highlighted the staggering rate at which thieves are targeting luxury accessories in the capital.A total of 3,207 high-end items, worth upwards of £1,000 each, were snatched on the streets of London, laying bare the criminality that tourists and locals are forced to endure each day.While the total price of those items that were stolen totals at least £5,538,000, the real figure is likely to be much larger, with watches valued as much as £30,000 among those that have been looted.Unsurprisingly, Westminster was biggest hotspot for every kind of theft, with 363 handbags, 309 watches and 104 jewellery items stolen in the central London borough between January 2024 and August 2025.The central London borough is home to some of the most famous high-end designer brands and entertainment stores, making it a hotspot for brazen and occasionally violent thieves.Some of the most high-profile victims of muggings in London in the past year include Bridgerton's Genevieve Chenneour, Loose Women's Christine Lampard and Jenson Button's wife Brittny.This crimewave is also being fuelled from overseas, as gangs of prolific thieves are entering the UK from countries such as Algeria and Bulgaria to steal thousands of pounds worth of belongings from unsuspecting members of the public. Taking to Instagram to share the theft, she said it is a 'horrible violation' that a thief stole the handbag from her buggy as she shopped in Marks and Spencers The TV personality was left furious as she explained that the designer item was a 'push present so very sentimental' Tabitha also shared pictures of the bag incase anyone spotted it in London And while the Met has insisted they are cracking down on such crimes, the figures highlight an alarmingly low success rate for officers tracking down people's items.The most targeted designer watch brand was Rolex, accounting for over 400 of the total watch thefts. This was followed by Cartier and Omega.The most common handbag brands to be stolen include Louis Vuitton, Chanel and Gucci, while jewellery items from Cartier, Van Cleef and Tiffany were those most frequently targeted by thieves.The data covers reports to the Met between January 2024 and August 2025, with luxury items defined as watches worth over £3,000 and jewellery and handbags over £1,000. There were 3,207 luxury thefts in total.One of the most high-profile incidents in recent years was the gunpoint robbery of a £70,000 diamond-encrusted watch from former world boxing champion Amir Khan.The Olympic silver medallist was targeted as he and his wife Faryal Makhdoom left the Sahara Grill restaurant in Leyton, east London, on a night in April 2022.Gunman Dante Campbell was later jailed for seven years and nine months, while getaway driver Ahmed Bana was locked up for nine years and eight months.Khan's case was a rare example of the watch eventually being recovered by police.The 39-year-old later thanked the Met for their efforts in returning the timepiece and said he would auction it off for charity.The Met Police has deployed around 100 extra officers in a bid to tackle some of the most common offences blighting the capital.The crackdown, launched in November 2025, was a week-long intelligence-led operation tackling offences such as shoplifting, phone theft, violence against women and girls and other anti-social behaviour.It brought together officers from the Met, local authorities and partner organisations to tackle crime in the West End through a structured and intelligence-led approach.During this period, more than 140 arrests were made as officers targeted specific times and places where offences were most likely to occur.