Shoplifting has soared to another record high, with nearly 1,300 offences being recorded every day last year.
There was a total of 469,788 offences logged by police forces in England and Wales in the year to June 2024 There was a total of 469,788 offences logged by police forces in England and Wales in the year to June 2024. That is a 29% leap from the 365,173 recorded in the 12 months previous. The figure is the highest since current records began in the year to March 2003, according to the Office for National Statistics .
‘At Co-op we have invested over £200 million on preventative measures in our shops and believe the collaborative approach between the retail industry, the police, and the Government, will start to instigate a change, sending out a clear message to all those who commit brazen and often violent acts of retail theft, that time is now up on their criminal ways.’ Retailers said the ‘epidemic’ of shoplifting cost the industry £1.
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