Category Archives: Shoplifting

The Sky News website reports that shoplifting offences in England and Wales have soared to the highest level in 20 years.

The Office for National Statistics found some 402,482 offences were recorded by police in the year to September 2023 – up by almost a third (32%) on the previous 12 months.

The Express website reports that high street retailer Boots has been forced to take “vital” products off its shelves in a bid to deter gangs. as Britain is gripped by soaring shoplifting rates.

Experts say the thieves have their eye on baby formula and other “hot products” to sell on to dodgy outlets in the UK or buyers abroad.

As reported on the Cambridge Live website, a convenience store in Peterborough could lose its trading licence as police suspect they may have sold stolen goods.

A shoplifter was seen entering UK Plus EU with a bag thought to hold chocolate stolen from a nearby Poundland, which was then found in the shop’s store room.

The Cambridge Live website reports that a prolific shoplifter has been banned from entering any Co-Op, Tesco and TK Maxx store in Peterborough.

Joshua Turner broke into staff areas of shops and stole six bottles of Jack Daniels worth a total of £210.

According to the Sky News website, the UK’s Policing Minister has said that the cost of living crisis is “no excuse” for a rise in shoplifting.

With a huge increase to incidents of retail theft, Chris Philp said gangs, criminal re-selling and drugs were largely to blame.

The Guardian website investigates the so-called ‘food black market’ from Leeds, the city that has been revealed as England’s shoplifting capital

A ‘normal’ woman is seen making an illicit transaction with three balaclava-clad men, a trio of thieves who have no problem shifting their stolen wares.