Shoplifting Offences Hit New 20-Year High: ONS

Published on October 25, 2024

Police have recorded 469,788 shoplifting offences in England and Wales in the year to June 2024, a new 20-year high. According to Office for National Statistics (ONS) data published on Thursday, the number of offences are up by nearly one-third (29 percent) on the 365,173 recorded in the previous 12 months to June 2023. Shoplifting levels had already reached a 20-year high when data was released in July, with the latest figures showing a new surge. Policing minister Dame Diana Johnson said that the figures show the “scale of the challenge we have inherited in our mission to make streets safer.” Attacks on Staff The data come as major retailers have raised concerns about how increases in shoplifting have been affecting their businesses....

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