Britain has turned from a nation of shopkeepers into a nation of shoplifters – and we’re all paying a shocking price
3 weeks, 6 days ago

Britain has turned from a nation of shopkeepers into a nation of shoplifters – and we’re all paying a shocking price

The Independent  

In South Ruislip, west London, at around 2pm on a grey day in mid-February, a woman walks into Greggs, fills up her bag with sandwiches, and walks out again. From some angles, there’s little surprise: towards the close of last year, the Trussell Trust revealed that more than 9 million Britons are now vulnerable to reliance on food banks, while more than 1 million are living in “hunger and hardship” – with an income at least 25 per cent below the relative poverty line – than five years ago. “People know they’re not going to prison,” a shopworker in Tesco tells me – the £200 “shoplifting threshold” that treats theft under that amount as a petty offence has been in place since 2014, though prime minister Keir Starmer vowed in November to scrap it. open image in gallery In London, the unprecedented rise in the cost of living has been blamed for a 50 per cent increase in shoplifting It’s long been a politically pertinent issue: in April last year, Rishi Sunak’s government announced a crackdown on “low value” shoplifting, including £55m of funding for facial recognition tools to help police identify serial offenders. “The majority of police forces did not issue a single penalty for shoplifting over the last year.” Many exasperated shopkeepers report performing citizens’ arrests in an effort to protect their business.

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Britain's most brazen shoplifters: Experts say high streets have turned into Wild West with staff helpless to stop tide of thieves targeting their stores
2 weeks, 2 days ago

Britain's most brazen shoplifters: Experts say high streets have turned into Wild West with staff helpless to stop tide of thieves targeting their stores

Daily Mail  

Britain's criminal justice system is on 'life-support' and unable to cope with the hordes of brazen shoplifting gangs who have turned the nation's streets into a 'lawless' Wild West. A masked thief - dressed all in black - loading stolen vapes in to a large bag in a Tesco store Thieves are brazenly raiding shops, stealing meats, booze and sweets …

I'm a professional shoplifter and I can make £5,000 a day - if shops go out of business that's not my fault, they should have better security
2 weeks, 2 days ago

I'm a professional shoplifter and I can make £5,000 a day - if shops go out of business that's not my fault, they should have better security

Daily Mail  

A brazen shoplifter, who proudly steals up to £5,000 a day, is adamant shops going bust isn't her fault because they 'should have better security'. A brazen shoplifter, who boasts about her three-year long 'professional' career has said shops need to be better at their jobs The single mother, who turned to lawlessness after the break down of her family, …

Moment two brazen shoplifters casually grabbed items off shelf in Holland & Barrett before stuffing them into holdalls and walking out as helpless shop staff watched on
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Moment two brazen shoplifters casually grabbed items off shelf in Holland & Barrett before stuffing them into holdalls and walking out as helpless shop staff watched on

Daily Mail  

Brazen thieves have raided a Holland & Barrett store in east London for weight loss supplements - as helpless staff watched on. There was a robbery at Holland & Barrett in Whitechapel yesterday pic.twitter.com/OZv2HVfsEC — London & UK Street News February 6, 2025 Brazen thieves raided a Holland & Barrett store for weight loss supplements and other vitamins - as …

When did we become a nation of shoplifters?
1 month, 2 weeks ago

When did we become a nation of shoplifters?

The Independent  

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Inside Surrey's shoplifting capital: From the mother-daughter duos working in tandem to well-heeled women stashing goods up their jumpers, how traders in Haslemere have been forced to install panic bu
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Inside Surrey's shoplifting capital: From the mother-daughter duos working in tandem to well-heeled women stashing goods up their jumpers, how traders in Haslemere have been forced to install panic bu

Daily Mail  

Family-run furnishings store Collingwood Batchellor is just the sort of upmarket retailer you’d expect to find in a leafy, middle-class Surrey town such as Haslemere. The independent stores of leafy and peaceful Haslemere, in Surrey, have become a magnet for middle-class, female shoplifters Reporter Sarah Rainey outside the family-run upmarket furnishings store Collingwood Batchellor, whose designer labels attract this new …

Shoplifting soars in England and Wales by staggering amount
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Shoplifting soars in England and Wales by staggering amount

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Shoplifting has surged to another …

Poundland forced to up security after millions lost to shoplifters
2 months, 1 week ago

Poundland forced to up security after millions lost to shoplifters

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Poundland is spending more money than ever on security measures …

Organised crime gangs lurking on motorways send cargo thefts soaring by half to £102m - with 'homegrown' groups blamed for majority of raids on lorry drivers to seize luxury brands
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Organised crime gangs lurking on motorways send cargo thefts soaring by half to £102m - with 'homegrown' groups blamed for majority of raids on lorry drivers to seize luxury brands

Daily Mail  

Organised crime gangs are lurking on motorways to steal cargo from lorry drivers and targeting luxury brand deliveries, experts claim. Make up, perfume, clothing and tech are among products snatched from lorries on the road or parked at motorway services A gang seen targeting a lorry with high-value presents inside Almost all - 99 per cent - of the thieving …

Shoplifting in my store is so bad I've had to make 50 citizen's arrests myself - it's the only way I can get the police to turn up!
3 months ago

Shoplifting in my store is so bad I've had to make 50 citizen's arrests myself - it's the only way I can get the police to turn up!

Daily Mail  

A have-a-go-hero store owner in one of Britain's under-siege town centres plagued by shoplifters says he has to make citizen's arrests as the only way for police to show. Happy Piranha store owner Martin Gaunt has revealed how they have carried out 50 citizen's arrests in two years due to shoplifters He has installed 12 CCTV cameras at his three …

Shoplifting epidemic adds 10p ‘crime tax’ to every transaction as minister vows end to ‘shameful neglect’ of retail crime
4 months, 1 week ago

Shoplifting epidemic adds 10p ‘crime tax’ to every transaction as minister vows end to ‘shameful neglect’ of retail crime

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A surge in shoplifting under the Conservatives has led to shoppers …

Half of Britons say stealing food if you are starving is fine as police reveal they dealt with 469,788 shoplifting offences last year
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Half of Britons say stealing food if you are starving is fine as police reveal they dealt with 469,788 shoplifting offences last year

Daily Mail  

Over half of Britons believe that stealing food if you are starving is fine after police revealed dealing with a record number of shoplifting offences over the past year. Police recorded 469,788 shoplifting incidents in the year to June, a staggering 29 per cent rise on the previous year and equating to over 1,200 offences per day. For instance, a …

The UK's shoplifting hotspots: Interactive map reveals areas with highest number of store thefts - as inquiry finds number of reported crimes are a just a 'drop in the ocean'
4 months, 2 weeks ago

The UK's shoplifting hotspots: Interactive map reveals areas with highest number of store thefts - as inquiry finds number of reported crimes are a just a 'drop in the ocean'

Daily Mail  

A new interactive map reveals the UK's shoplifting hotspots, with the scale of the crisis varying dramatically area by area. Police data shows the North East takes the top spot for shoplifting crimes, with a rate of 11.5 per 1,000 people - 35 per cent higher than the national average. Shoplifting in England and Wales surged by 26 per cent …

Stop trivialising ‘devastating’ high street thefts, police urged
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Stop trivialising ‘devastating’ high street thefts, police urged

The Telegraph  

According to official figures, there were 443,995 incidents of theft from shops recorded by police in the year to March 2024, up 30pc on a year earlier. The British Retail Consortium estimates that there are 17m incidents of shop theft every year, costing retailers almost £2bn every year. Lord Foster said there was more to do to educate the public …

Britain's shoplifting shame: Stores are suffering two thefts every minute as retail theft hits highest level since records began
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Britain's shoplifting shame: Stores are suffering two thefts every minute as retail theft hits highest level since records began

Daily Mail  

Britain's stores are suffering two thefts every minute as retail theft has hit its highest level since records began. Chief constables now face questions about policing priorities after official data revealed nearly 6,000 crimes went unsolved every day last year, with 40 per cent of all recorded crimes going unpunished. Almost 444,000 shoplifting offences were recorded by forces in England …

Shoplifting at an all-time high with 1,300 offences recorded every day, new figures show
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Shoplifting at an all-time high with 1,300 offences recorded every day, new figures show

The Independent  

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Shoplifting soars to 20-year high in England and Wales as figures show 30 per cent rise in last year alone
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Shoplifting soars to 20-year high in England and Wales as figures show 30 per cent rise in last year alone

Daily Mail  

The shoplifting epidemic that is plaguing Britain has seen figures reach a 20 year high in England and Wales. In the last year alone there has been a 30 per cent rise in the crime with 443,995 offences being logged by forces in the year to March 2024 compared to 342,428 in the previous 12 months. The shoplifting epidemic that …

The theft epidemic and ‘terrifying’ violence plaguing Britain’s shopkeepers
8 months, 1 week ago

The theft epidemic and ‘terrifying’ violence plaguing Britain’s shopkeepers

The Telegraph  

Restaurants and cafes have been found to buy stolen meat and alcohol to increase their mark-up. “The sheer volume of what they are taking can’t be sold in a pub.” The Co-op knows of criminals setting up stalls full of stolen goods and selling them on. “It’s not people who are struggling to make ends meet that are doing the …

Inside Britain’s ‘out of control’ shoplifting crisis as even pound shops are targeted
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Inside Britain’s ‘out of control’ shoplifting crisis as even pound shops are targeted

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “Shoplifting is pretty horrific at the moment, it’s out …

Britain's police 'aren't interested' in tackling shoplifting anymore, Marks & Spencer's boss claims - as store theft offences surge to the highest level ever
10 months, 1 week ago

Britain's police 'aren't interested' in tackling shoplifting anymore, Marks & Spencer's boss claims - as store theft offences surge to the highest level ever

Daily Mail  

The boss of Marks & Spencer has claimed that Britain's police 'aren't interested' in tackling shoplifting anymore. Archie Norman, chairman for the major retailer, told LBC News that stores across the country get 'very little help' from officers, even though retail theft hit the highest level on record last year. M&S chairman Archie Norman told LBC News that stores across …

M&S boss says police no longer interested in tackling shoplifting
10 months, 1 week ago

M&S boss says police no longer interested in tackling shoplifting

The Independent  

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Keir Starmer pledges to toughen laws on shoplifting and scrap the £200 theft threshold
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Keir Starmer pledges to toughen laws on shoplifting and scrap the £200 theft threshold

Daily Mail  

Labour would scrap the £200 shoplifting threshold, Sir Keir Starmer confirmed as he backed the Mail campaign to crack down on assaults against staff. It emerged last week that shoplifting has risen to the highest level since records began in 2003, with 430,104 offences recorded by police last year. Sir Keir Starmer has pledged to reverse what he called a …

Keir Starmer puts shoplifters ‘on notice’ in crackdown on epidemic of thefts and assaults on retail workers
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Keir Starmer puts shoplifters ‘on notice’ in crackdown on epidemic of thefts and assaults on retail workers

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. At a speech today at the Union of Shop, Distributive and Allied Workers’s annual conference, …

Shoplifting offences soar to highest level in 20 years, new figures show
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Shoplifting offences soar to highest level in 20 years, new figures show

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Rishi Sunak’s official spokesman said: “In relation to shoplifting …

Shoplifters are getting away with it more than ever - here is how
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Shoplifters are getting away with it more than ever - here is how

The Independent  

The thing is, do they really need my money?” asks Sophie*, who is not using her real name for obvious reasons. “With the reduction of service you get in a lot of shops, a lot of people go in and think, ‘Well this didn’t scan,’ or ‘It’s very difficult to scan these things through and I shop here all the …

Shoplifting offences rise to highest level since records began: Store thefts jump by more than a THIRD compared to 2022 - with 430,104 offences recorded in last 12 months, figures show
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Shoplifting offences rise to highest level since records began: Store thefts jump by more than a THIRD compared to 2022 - with 430,104 offences recorded in last 12 months, figures show

Daily Mail  

Shoplifting has risen to the highest level on record amid complaints the crime has been effectively 'decriminalised', new data revealed today. The figure is the highest since current records began in the year to March 2003 This is the moment two shoplifters brazenly steal products from a Boots store just yards from a police station - as helpless staff watch …

Thieves ransack a Boots store just round the corner from a police station while staff watch on - as shoplifting wave sweeps lawless London
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Thieves ransack a Boots store just round the corner from a police station while staff watch on - as shoplifting wave sweeps lawless London

Daily Mail  

This is the moment two shoplifters brazenly steal products from a Boots store just yards from a police station - as helpless staff watch on. This is the moment two shoplifters brazenly steal products from a Boots store just yards from a police station - as helpless staff watch on The pair can be seen chucking products from the shelves …

Labour blames ‘shoplifter’s charter’ for rising store thefts
11 months ago

Labour blames ‘shoplifter’s charter’ for rising store thefts

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A “shoplifter’s charter” has seen charging for the offence plummet …

RISHI SUNAK: Three ways we will put an end to the blight of shoplifting on our high streets
11 months, 1 week ago

RISHI SUNAK: Three ways we will put an end to the blight of shoplifting on our high streets

Daily Mail  

Like people across the country, I believe profoundly in the values that bind our communities together: honesty, integrity and the idea that you should abide by the rules and treat others as you'd like to be treated yourself. It's why I've been so determined to crack down on crimes that are all too often dismissed as low level or just …

Shoplifting soars to highest level in 20 years
1 year, 1 month ago

Shoplifting soars to highest level in 20 years

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Shoplifting offences recorded by police in England and Wales have …

UK gripped by epidemic of another kind as shoplifting at record high while police turn blind eye
1 year, 2 months ago

UK gripped by epidemic of another kind as shoplifting at record high while police turn blind eye

Firstpost  

The statistics indicate that, out of 362,809 cases examined, a staggering 205,676 shoplifting incidents concluded without identifying a suspect from August to July In an analysis of official figures covering England and Wales, the Liberal Democrats reveal a concerning trend with more than 200,000 shoplifting cases left unresolved in the past 12 months. The statistics indicate that, out of 362,809 …

Is YOUR area a shoplifter's paradise? Shocking interactive map reveals where thieves are getting away scot-free… with just a 5% conviction rate in worst region
1 year, 2 months ago

Is YOUR area a shoplifter's paradise? Shocking interactive map reveals where thieves are getting away scot-free… with just a 5% conviction rate in worst region

Daily Mail  

A new interactive map reveals the huge disparity in where shoplifters get off without being charged, laying bare the crime wave affecting England's supermarkets and shops. Brazen shoplifters stealing for a shop in Doncaster, South Yorkshire in October this year The shoplifter leaves the store after stealing items from the store on October 30 2023 Paul Gerrard, director of public …

Met Police attend less than half of shoplifting incidents in the past year, figures reveal, as offending blows £1 billion black hole in UK high streets
1 year, 3 months ago

Met Police attend less than half of shoplifting incidents in the past year, figures reveal, as offending blows £1 billion black hole in UK high streets

Daily Mail  

Scotland Yard attended less than half of shoplifting incidents in the last year, despite soaring offending blowing a £1billion annual black hole in Britain's high streets. Scotland Yard attended less than half of shoplifting incidents in the last year, despite soaring offending blowing a £1billion annual black hole in Britain's high streets But campaigners have warned that a reluctance to …

Don't beg or borrow, just steal: European gangs exploiting trafficked women and children in UK shoplifting epidemic
1 year, 3 months ago

Don't beg or borrow, just steal: European gangs exploiting trafficked women and children in UK shoplifting epidemic

Firstpost  

Groups send members across the UK to shoplift, even trafficking young girls aged 12 to 14 for this purpose. Despite arrests and convictions, their age often results in quick release Retail experts have issued a warning that Eastern European criminal gangs are trafficking hundreds of vulnerable women and children to the UK, compelling them to shoplift for illicit gains. This …

Self-checkouts to blame for middle-class shoplifting, says M&S chairman
1 year, 4 months ago

Self-checkouts to blame for middle-class shoplifting, says M&S chairman

The Telegraph  

Shoplifting is “creeping in” among the middle classes because of faulty self-checkouts, the chairman of Marks & Spencer has said. Archie Norman said well-off shoppers were being tempted to walk out without paying for items when self-checkout scanners failed to properly register all their items. It’s not my fault, I’m owed it’.” Speaking on LBC’s Money with David Buik and …

Co-Op boss says shoplifting gangs are stealing entire DEPARTMENTS because police attend less than a quarter of call-outs - as Nisa urges the government not to forget independent retailers and coalitio
1 year, 4 months ago

Co-Op boss says shoplifting gangs are stealing entire DEPARTMENTS because police attend less than a quarter of call-outs - as Nisa urges the government not to forget independent retailers and coalitio

Daily Mail  

Supermarket staff are facing an increasing amount of abuse from shoplifters attempting to steal entire sections of shops, as bosses call on the police to take greater action. Mr Gerrard criticised the police response to these cases, claiming it facilitated for the increased numbers of shoplifters seen in recent times, after findings revealed they did not respond to 76% of …

Fuel thefts from Britain’s petrol stations soar in mirror of shoplifting epidemic
1 year, 4 months ago

Fuel thefts from Britain’s petrol stations soar in mirror of shoplifting epidemic

The Telegraph  

The shoplifting epidemic hitting Britain has been mirrored on filling station forecourts – with petrol thefts up by almost 400 per cent since before the pandemic. The number of petrol and diesel thefts this year was also 77 per cent higher than last year’s figure, with 22,335 registration requests across the July to September period. ‘Big and growing problem’ Steve …

Police won’t attend every shoplifting despite ‘zero-tolerance’ pledge
1 year, 4 months ago

Police won’t attend every shoplifting despite ‘zero-tolerance’ pledge

The Telegraph  

Police chiefs pledged to follow up on “any evidence that could reasonably lead” to the catching of perpetrators. Mr Philp said: “I have been clear that we need the police to implement a zero-tolerance approach to shoplifting by attending more crime scenes, patrolling badly affected areas and pursuing all reasonable lines of enquiry. “Police have made a commitment to prioritise …

Shopkeepers take the law into their own hands in war against shoplifting epidemic
1 year, 5 months ago

Shopkeepers take the law into their own hands in war against shoplifting epidemic

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. open image in gallery Poundland sales assistant Kelvin Blake …

Shoplifting hits record high of 1,000 offences a day
1 year, 5 months ago

Shoplifting hits record high of 1,000 offences a day

The Telegraph  

Shoplifting has hit a record high of 1,000 offences a day, an unprecedented 25 per cent increase in a year, official figures showed on Thursday. However, the detection rate for shoplifters has fallen to a record low with just 18.2 per cent of offences being solved, less than half the 46 per cent when records began in 2016. The figures …

Home Bargains set up ‘confidential hotline’ to report shoplifting with £500 reward
1 year, 5 months ago

Home Bargains set up ‘confidential hotline’ to report shoplifting with £500 reward

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Home Bargains has launched a confidential hotline for customers to report information about shoplifting …

Shoplifting to be treated as ‘high-harm’ crime by new national police team
1 year, 5 months ago

Shoplifting to be treated as ‘high-harm’ crime by new national police team

The Telegraph  

Details of the crackdown are expected to be trailed on Monday by Chris Philp, the policing minister and Katy Bourne, the police and crime commissioner for Sussex and national lead for business and retail crime, who said gangs had been left free to operate for years because of the lack of a co-ordinated national approach. It is understood a team …

We live in the shoplifting capital of Britain... it's completely LAWLESS, we've given up on the police
1 year, 5 months ago

We live in the shoplifting capital of Britain... it's completely LAWLESS, we've given up on the police

Daily Mail  

Store owners in Britain's shoplifting capital are living in a 'lawless' town where gangland bosses rule the streets and thieves openly sell their stolen goods. Shop owners and locals in Hartlepool, which falls under the protection of Cleveland Police, told MailOnline criminal gang bosses had taken charge and shoplifting was rife. Cleveland topped the rankings as the place with the …

UK's shoplifting capitals: Interactive map reveals the places where light-fingered locals are ransacking stores the worst - so how bad is YOUR area?
1 year, 6 months ago

UK's shoplifting capitals: Interactive map reveals the places where light-fingered locals are ransacking stores the worst - so how bad is YOUR area?

Daily Mail  

Less than 20 per cent of shoplifting offences resulted in suspects being charged As Britain reels from a shoplifting crisis that is hitting stores across the country, the worst areas afflicted by the crime have been revealed. Cleveland tops the table as the place with the most number of shoplifting crimes in the past five years per 1,000 people. Cleveland …

‘We kept him for two hours. But the police never came’: the reality on the shoplifting frontline
1 year, 6 months ago

‘We kept him for two hours. But the police never came’: the reality on the shoplifting frontline

The Telegraph  

In the back office of his family-run grocers in Croydon, south London, Ben Selvaratnam is reviewing CCTV footage. “This is yesterday’s incident,” he says, looking at a video clip of two men loading a carrier bag with alcohol and laundry detergent. They’re taking their time – they don’t expect to be challenged.” The recent tide of retail crime started rising …

Scotland's hidden epidemic of crime as shoplifters, domestic abusers and even sex criminals escape with a slap on wrist
1 year, 6 months ago

Scotland's hidden epidemic of crime as shoplifters, domestic abusers and even sex criminals escape with a slap on wrist

Daily Mail  

SCOTLAND is in the grip of a hidden crime epidemic – with sex offenders, domestic abusers and shoplifters being let off with a slap on the wrist. It also emerged that more than 1,500 domestic abuse cases over the past three years had ended with ‘diversion’ from prosecution, warnings and fines. Scottish Tory justice spokesman Russell Findlay said RPWs ‘are …

Shoplifting is now an epidemic, says John Lewis boss
1 year, 6 months ago

Shoplifting is now an epidemic, says John Lewis boss

The Independent  

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Britain’s high streets risk becoming ‘looting ground’ for shoplifters, says John Lewis boss
1 year, 6 months ago

Britain’s high streets risk becoming ‘looting ground’ for shoplifters, says John Lewis boss

The Telegraph  

High streets risk becoming a “looting ground” for criminal gangs, the boss of John Lewis has warned, as the department store calls for a Royal Commission review into dying town centres. Dame Sharon White, chairman of the John Lewis Partnership, has said high streets are being blighted by a rise in shoplifting and anti-social behaviour, following years of shop closures …

Thieves target stores every TWO seconds in Britain, costing retailers more than £1billion last year alone, shocking figures show - as Suella Braverman backs a Mail campaign to end the shoplifting epid
1 year, 6 months ago

Thieves target stores every TWO seconds in Britain, costing retailers more than £1billion last year alone, shocking figures show - as Suella Braverman backs a Mail campaign to end the shoplifting epid

Daily Mail  

The Mail on Sunday today reveals the shocking reality of the epidemic of shoplifting that is blighting Britain, as we launch a major campaign to crack down on the crime. The Mail on Sunday's campaign – calling for the police, Crown Prosecution Service and courts to be much tougher with shoplifters, and for a change in the law to make …

Arrest shoplifters even if they steal goods under £200, says policing minister
1 year, 6 months ago

Arrest shoplifters even if they steal goods under £200, says policing minister

The Telegraph  

He said that unless stringent action was taken, British cities could end up like San Francisco, where shops were forced to close because of an escalation in violent shoplifting. He told Parliament two months ago: “We have seen that elsewhere in the world – I think in particular about San Francisco, as well as other American cities – where both …

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