With 516,971 offences reported last year, theft is now a daily threat to staff, security and small businesses alike
With 516,971 offences reported last year, theft is now a daily threat to staff, security and small businesses alike
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Every week videos are posted on social media of thieves brazenly stuffing bags, clothes and pockets full of stolen food, alcohol…
With "sharp rises" in shop theft in recent years, the nature of it is changing too - as retail workers in the area dubbed…
Is this the new normal, where brazen thieves are met with a smile and a nod but taking a stand makes you an outcast?
British Retail Consortium warns over ‘endemic’ violence towards shop workers and says theft is causing anxiety
Record numbers of thieves are escaping imprisonment: nearly six in 10 with at least 15 previous offences avoided jail last year
Figures showed that shoplifting hit a record high of 530,643 offences reported to police
