One, nothing I own has a front pocket.
Two, we carry them because our husbands and kids are constantly needing something out of them. Very little of what’s in them are for us.
I do carry a daybag sometimes with the stuff we need, but it’s always in front of me, and I hold onto it like a football.
I also have a neck wallet that is slash-proof, that goes under the shirt.
My daughter had a thin strapped shoulder bag taken....he cut the strap.This was in broad daylight on a very busy sidewalk.