All news on the topic: Shoplifting

Epidemic gripping Britain's high streets is costing retailers around £1billion a year - as shameless crooks become increasingly confident they can get away with it - we ask, what can be done?

As a wave of thefts from stores hits Britain and experts warn shoplifting has been 'decriminalised', we speak to workers facing the threat of brazen thieves every day

When the British Retail Consortium reports around eight million thefts in the 12 months to March but police recorded only 339,206 cases, it is virtually a free crime

Industry leaders and business owners want more done to protect them and bring prosecutions after 87% of convenience store staff said thieves had verbally abused them

Ta'Kiya Young, a 21-year-old from Columbus, Ohio, was shot dead in a parking lot outside a grocery store while being suspected of shoplifting on Thursday, August 24

Dummy display packing is usually empty packages which are placed on the shelf instead of the actual product - shoppers then have to bring the empty product to staff who will exchange it for the real thing

Thugs as young as nine are said to be terrorising residents of Paignton, in Devon by running amok, throwing stones and dropping objects such as trollies from great heights

New police chairman Donna Jones has called on parents to take action following reports of a new social media trend which encourages teens to overdose on paracetamol

Nine people have been arrested after chaos descended on Oxford Street in London. Teenagers scuffled with police and shops pulled shutters down with customers still inside after TikTok videos provoked looting

Criminal offences rose to approximately 6.74 million in 2022/23 - compared to 6.34 million in the previous year - and now you can track the crime rates near your postcode with the handy In Your Area widget

Valeriu Cobzarencu, Andrei Stefan, Vincentiu Gheorghe, Ionut-Razvan Gheorghe and Alin Chica worked together to raid supermarkets in Essex, London, Kent and Norfolk

Four of Saba Mahesh's shops across Sheerness, Kent, are targeted daily by youths whose anti-social and criminal behaviour has worsened since the coronavirus pandemic

The government must stop these "bizarre" ideas, like ordering over-50s to get on their bikes, and instead concentrate on education, training and rehabilitation, argues Keir Mudie

Stealing goods worth less than £200 has effectively been decriminalised and shop owners across the UK have expressed concern it'll have a detrimental effect on trade

A would-be thief who brazenly walked behind the counter of a convenience store to steal cigarettes and vapes was beaten by staff working at a shop as he tried to leave with his haul in California

Shoplifting has spiked in the past year, according to new figures, with a worrying increase in the amount of criminal gangs that are targeting stores and stripping shelves bare

Three women captured in footage made off with three carts full of allegedly stolen merchandise from a Burlington in California. They were able to casually walk out and away from them

A former East Kentucky University student has become known as the "Queen of Chaos" after her mugshots went viral on social media, showcasing her 11 arrests for various offenses, including shoplifting and terror-related crimes

A former Walmart employee recently took to TikTok to warn individuals who think they're getting away with shoplifting at the super-store - and she says that employees are notified of missed scans thanks to a handy secret device

The president of a regional supermarket chain that refused to implement self-checkout machines at its stores has slammed them as 'highly disrespectful'

Desperate Brits are resorting to pinching essentials as data shows police saw as much as a 75% hike in shoplifting reports - use our interactive map to see how your area was affected

A regional grocery chain has been praised by shoppers after it refused to install self-checkout machines at its stores, claiming they 'limit human interaction' and don't protect jobs

A supermarket chain decided against self-checkout machines at its stores, claiming they 'limit human interaction', in a move that went down extremely well with some customers

A regional grocery chain opted out of implementing self-checkout machines at its stores, claiming they 'limit human interaction.' They're also trying to protect jobs

Santino Burrola, the King Soopers employee, was alerted of his termination approximately a week after he brazenly captured video of the three men stealing detergent from the supermarket on Father's Day