List of Bank Robbers and Robberies

United Kingdom

Croydon Airport, 1935, members of the Sabini gang stole £12 million (at today's value) worth of gold bullion.
Heathrow Airport. 1952, Jack Spot's £1.25million heist failed.
Eastcastle Street, 1952, Billy Hill's postal van robbery, netted £250,000.
Great Train Robbery, 1963, Buster Edwards, Charlie Wilson, Bruce Reynolds, Ronnie Biggs etc. robbed £2.6million.
Linwood bank robbery, 1969, two policemen killed.
Baker Street robbery, 1971, London, politically sensitive material taken from safe deposit boxes.
Bank of America robbery, 1975, Mayfair, London. £8 million stolen; £500,000 recovered.
Security Express, 1983, Curtain Road, Shoreditch, the Knight brothers and friends took £6m.
Brink's-MAT robbery, 1983, Heathrow Airport, England, £26 million gold bullion.
Knightsbridge Security Deposit robbery, 1987, £40 million. Gang leader Valerio Viccei caught when he returned to the country.
City of London financial messenger mugged for £292m in government bonds, 1990. All but two recovered.
Graff Jewellers 1, 2003, £23m in jewellery taken from this Mayfair store.
Northern Bank robbery, 2004, Belfast, Northern Ireland, £26 million.
Securitas depot robbery, 2006, Kent, South East England, £53,116,760.
Graff Jewellers 2, 2009, Another £40m in jewellery taken.

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List of Bank Robbers and Robberies - United Kingdom