Category Archives: Shoplifting

As reported on the Bedford Independent website, the latest Retail Crime Survey by the British Retail Consortium (BRC) has revealed that the total cost from crime and crime prevention has surged to £2.2 billion, an increase of 16% from the previous year.

The survey also flags up the dramatic impact of violence and abuse against retail workers, which has risen to 424 each day.

Grimsby’s most notorious shoplifter is behind bars yet again, according to the Grimsby Live website.

Terence Wood, who has been jailed regularly and nearly always reverts to crime on his release, stole gin from a hotel and meat from Asda in February.

The Nottinghamshire Live website reports that a prolific shoplifter who stole luxury handbags to fund a lavish lifestyle is to have £37,000 of her personal possessions sold online.

Police will be selling off Sophie Ingram’s designer shoes, clothing and other valuables on eBay, after a judge ordered her to hand over the goods – or face an extra year in prison.

According to the Chester Standard website, two men and a woman stole £7,500 worth of booze from supermarkets across Chester and Northwich.

Elena Marin, Florin Marin and Marian Mitica – all jailed for nine months – stole the alcohol during a shoplifting spree in branches of Waitrose and Tesco.

According to the Lancashire Telegraph website, a Romanian shoplifter stole 17 boxes of Gaviscon and 34 boxes of Fixodent to send to his parents, because the products were expensive in his home country.

Adrian Mihai was in Blackburn looking for work but took the opportunity to steal from Morrisons.

According to the Retail Gazette website, recent research has shown that the retail sector is plagued with 1,000 shoplifting incidents per day, and more than half of them reportedly go unpunished.

Police data shows that UK retailers recorded 359,156 incidents of shoplifting in 2019, and 17 of 45 police forces around the UK saw increases in the number of incidents, with Sussex being the worst hit.