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Warning over violence against retail workers amid record shoplifting offences
The Independent via Yahoo News UK· 5 months agoPolice are being urged to take tougher action against attacks on retail workers amid record levels...
Map shows Kent’s worst areas for shoplifting as offences surge
Kent Live via Yahoo News UK· 1 month ago-Credit: (Image: Getty Images/Peter Dazeley) Retailers have called for more protection for shop...
Shoplifting offences soar to highest level in 20 years, new figures show
The Independent via Yahoo News UK· 2 months agoShoplifting offences recorded by police in England and Wales have soared to the highest level in 20...
Police find huge haul of food, cosmetics and crockery in Vauxhall Zafira
Yahoo News UK· 3 months agoSome of the 450 stolen items found in a Vauxhall Zafira in Sevenoaks, Kent. (SWNS) A huge haul of...
Shoplifting 'epidemic' hits record high as abuse against shop workers also soars, survey shows
Sky News via Yahoo News UK· 5 months agoShoplifting has hit a record high with 16.7 million incidents recorded last year - more than double...
Sadiq Khan criticised as data reveals 'epidemic' of armed shoplifting in London
Evening Standard via Yahoo News UK· 2 months agoArmed shoplifting in London was 91 per cent higher last year compared with the period just before...
Met Police attend fewer than half of shoplifting reports in London
Evening Standard via Yahoo News UK· 7 months agoFewer than half of shoplifting reports in London are being attended to by the police, new data has...
Cost of shoplifting hits highest on record while abuse against staff soars – BRC
PA Media: Money via Yahoo Finance UK· 5 months agoViolence and abuse against shop workers spiked last year with about 1,300 incidents a day, according...
Starmer pledges crackdown on shoplifting in speech to retail workers
PA Media: UK News via Yahoo News UK· 2 months agoSir Keir Starmer has promised retail workers he will crack down on crime and reverse what he called...
Fact check: Crime statistics and waiting lists in Scotland
PA Media: UK News via Yahoo News UK· 1 week agoThis summary of claims from the campaign trail has been compiled by Full Fact, the UK’s largest fact...