All Crime articles
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NewsIGD advises retailers to prepare before AI transforms shopping
A more autonomous form of AI could mark big changes for retail, IGD warns
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NewsONS shop theft figures show ‘significant gap’ in police recording, says ACS
New ONS data reveals shop theft rose 5% to 519,381 incidents
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NewsGovernment confirms £7m boost to smash retail crime gangs
Retailers will benefit from a major crackdown on organised crime gangs following a £7m government investment aimed at dismantling criminal networks through intelligence-led policing and targeted operations
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NewsTwo-year sentence handed to store owner selling £69k of illicit tobacco in Darlington
A suspended sentence of two years has been handed to the owner of Darlington’s Bazar Store
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NewsRetailers welcome reforms to restore visible neighbourhood policing
Retailers have “strongly welcomed” reforms aimed at restoring visible neighbourhood policing
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Features and analysisA 24-hour Stoke-on-Trent Morrisons Daily would be ‘distressing’ for residents
Objection placed around new store wanting to open around the clock and sell alcohol all day
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NewsProlific Southend shoplifter jailed and banned from six stores for two years
A shoplifter who stole from stores including One Stop, Londis and more has been jailed
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NewsNearly 2,400 extra neighbourhood police officers hired in six months
New Home Office figures reveal almost 2,400 additional police officers had been recruited into neightbourhood roles in six months
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NewsPolice Scotland’s national roll-out of body worn cameras moves west
Police Scotland’s roll out of body worn video continues with officers on duty in Ayrshire and Dumfries & Galloway
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NewsOver £1.4m in fines issued in nationwide illegal tobacco crackdown
More than £1.4m in fines have been issued to retailers and individuals involved in the sale of illegal tobacco
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NewsWest Midlands PCC meets independent retailers over shop theft concerns
West Midlands PCC Simon Foster met with independent retailers to discuss ongoing efforts to tackle retail crime locally and further afield
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NewsThe Fed demands new Welsh government must act on retail crime
Retailers call for new Welsh government to bring in a £6,500 grant for stores to better fight crime and more
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NewsProlific shoplifter banned from every Co-op store in Sussex
A Sussex criminal has been banned from all branches of Co-op in the county
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Features and analysis‘It’s about listening to shoppers’ - Vidur Pandya on making convenience work smarter in 2026
Retailer Vidur Pandya says all is not lost this year for the convenience sector
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NewsThe Fed welcomes funding extension for Retail Crime Taskforce in Scotland
The Fed welcomes continued funding for the Scottish Retail Crime Taskforce
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NewsThree arrested in Chester illicit tobacco crackdown
Three men have been arrested as part of a crackdown on the illegal tobacco trade and immigration in Chester
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NewsFed members share challenges of independent retailers with local MP
Two Fed members met with Mid Cheshire Labour MP, Andrew Cooper, in Winsford on Friday
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News‘It’s breaking point’ - retailers speak of the pressures facing them in 2026
Three leading independent retailers speak exclusively to Convenience Store about pressures coming in 2026
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NewsFour stores hit with closure notice for selling illicit tobacco and vapes
Four retail premises in Warrington have been handed three-month closure orders after police seized £400,000 worth of illicit tobacco and £640 worth of illegal vapes during a major operation targeting the sale of illegal products
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NewsPolice wrestle knife from suspect demanding free products in Notts c-store
Nottinghamshire Police arrested a suspect after a shopkeeper was threatened with a knife