With "sharp rises" in shop theft in recent years, the nature of it is changing too - as retail workers in the area dubbed ...

Shoplifting in England and Wales reached a record high in the year to March 2025, rising by around 20 % to 530,643 offences, the highest level since police began modern recording in 2003. Retail ...

Shoplifting offenses in England and Wales rose 13% in the year ended June 2025, as British retailers grapple with a worsening wave of in-store crime. Theft has reached record levels in the UK, with ...

A United Kingdom shopkeeper says he has managed to turn the tide on the record rates of shoplifting seen across the nation — by carrying out his own citizen’s arrests. Shoplifting in the UK hit a ...

Coming out of the pandemic, many retail chains, political leaders, law enforcement officials and others told America there was an unprecedented level of shoplifting. Shoplifting became a political ...