An angry customer confronted a shoplifter stealing from a Boots branch in an affluent neighbourhood. The man was seen taking goods off the shelves. One shopper approached the man saying 'You need to stop, you need to stop!'.
Britain's stores are suffering two thefts every minute as retail theft has hit its highest level since records began.
At the same time, robberies have risen by six per cent to 81,931 in a year, and robberies involving a knife or sharp instrument were also up 11 per cent in the period. The alarming figures come a year after forces made unprecedented pledges to investigate reasonable lines of inquiry in every crime and visit every single burgled home after a national uplift programme delivered an extra 20,000 officers.
David Spencer, Head of Crime and Justice at Policy Exchange: said 'Today's crime figures show the impact of the police being too often distracted from their core mission of fighting crime. For the sake of the law-abiding majority, the focus of the Government, police and wider criminal justice system should be on putting those prolific offenders responsible behind bars for as long as necessary to keep our streets safe.
Phone footage shows young shoplifters battling past staff to steal trainers from a Nike shop in the shadows of Wembley Stadium Today Tory leadership hopeful and former Home Office minister Robert Jenrick said: 'The previous Conservative Government delivered 20,000 extra officers and mandated police forces to attend all domestic burglaries. It's really disappointing to see the charge rate for burglaries fall for such a pernicious and destructive crime. It raises big questions about how the police are spending their time.
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