All news on the topic: Shoplifting

Shoplifting across London has increased by 12 percent in a year, as a new interactive map reveals the scale of a crime wave costing the capital’s retailers £16.7 million a month.

Sainsbury’s will introduce facial recognition cameras to identify repeat shoplifters and potentially ban them from stores.

The number of shoplifting offences recorded by police in England and Wales has passed half a million for the first time, figures show.

The rooms are filled with elderly residents, their hands wrinkled and backs bent. They shuffle slowly down the corridors, some using walkers. Workers help them bathe, eat, walk and take their medication.

A new police unit has for the first time mapped the gangs targeting shops around the country to see where they’re operating.

One in ten independent shops lost more than £10,000 to shoplifting in the last two years, according to the Federation of Small Businesses

Shoplifting offences recorded by police in England and Wales have risen to the highest level in 20 years.

Ryan Ogilvie from Dundee has been banned from Asda and Sainsbury's after staff said the frequent crimes he's committing in stores is increasing their regular workload

As the UK heads for a general election, British voters will need to be wary as the Tories will try their hardest to make them forget the last 14 years with their spring budget on March 6

Private firm TM Eye are patrolling town centres and arresting and prosecuting prolific shoplifting offenders - Britain's first 'private police force' papering over Tory cuts

Abbie Newman, 28, from Atlanta, Georgia models on OnlyFans but saw her life 'completely change' around after a drunken shoplifting incident that resulted in a few days behind bars

Supermarkets including Tesco and Sainsbury's are making the changes to try and ward off thieves as shoplifting rates rise by 25%

A hardware store in San Francisco is attempting to ward off thieves but no longer allowing customers to shop alone - for at least two hours a day during busy times, an employee escort will be helping people make their purchases

The British Retail Consortium's annual survey found that violence and abuse against shop workers spiked last year with about 1,300 incidents a day

New figures from the British Retail Consortium (BRC) found a 50% increase in assaults and abuse of shop workers as it slammed the Government's "woefully inadequate" action

Tags were spotted on a number of children's stationery following an increase in the number of thefts - including a 12-pack of colouring pencils costing just 18p each

The company said there were more than 300,000 incidents of shoplifting, abuse, violence and anti-social behaviour in Co-op stores last year

Co-op is now using AI to monitor self-checkouts at stores and installing more than 200 secure till kiosks following a massive 44 per cent hike in retail crime last year

Supermarkets have always had security measures - such as tags - on higher prices items. However, over the last two years, chains have taken further steps to prevent thefts which include tags, displaying empty boxes, and placing them behind counter

Labour's Shadow Policing Minister Alex Norris has tabled an amendment to the Government's Criminal Justice Bill demanding tougher action to protect retail workers

The Mirror is demanding urgent action to tackle the epidemic of shoplifting that is sweeping Britain's high streets as figures show there are record numbers of thefts

Figures show there were more than 400,000 shoplifting cases in England and Wales last year, with retail chiefs demanding tougher action to tackle worrying crimewave

Supermarket chains including Sainsbury's and Teso have been spotted putting security tags on grub for pets while experts warn the UK is in the middle of a shoplifting epidemic

Danny Khan, who runs Mr Khan's Authentic Jamaican Food Store with his dad in Winson Green, Birmingham, installed 40 CCTV cameras and has begun naming and shaming shoplifters on social media

Roxana Shirazi says the 'mistake' led to her being grabbed by multiple police officers and falsely accused of stealing in the middle of a busy street in Bristol