All Crime articles – Page 2
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NewsShoplifter charged as part of West Midlands Police’s Operation Marigold
West Midlands Police have charged a man with a series of shop thefts across Bloxwich and Walsall
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NewsPolice and crime commissioners to be scrapped by 2028
Police and crime commissioners will be abolished in England and Wales by 2028 to save £20m annually for front-line policing
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NewsEssex Police now using app to stay alert for shoplifters
Essex Police has announced it’s now using an app to specifically tackle retail crime
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NewsMajor operation disrupts illegal tobacco and vape trade in Essex
More than £75,000 of illegal tobacco and vapes have been seized in Essex as part of a major operation targeting high street retailers
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NewsProlific Sussex Champagne shoplifter jailed
Sussex Police have convicted a man who stole almost £3k of alcohol and more from numerous stores
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News924 arrested in UK’s largest crackdown on high street business crime
More than 920 people have been arrested in a major operation targeting criminal activity linked to high street businesses across the UK
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NewsRetail Trust urges shoppers to share ‘smiles of respect’
The Retail Trust’s Let’s Respect Retail is a national movement to ‘bring humanity back to the high street’
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NewsMet Police arrest over 140 people in week-long London crackdown
The Met has made more than 140 arrests during a crackdown on crime in the West End
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NewsRespect for Shop Workers Week: 71% face verbal abuse from customers
More than seven in ten retail workers experienced verbal abuse from customers in the last year, according to new figures from Usdaw
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NewsRetail association backs national campaign to protect shop workers
As Respect for Shop Workers Week begins, Bira is joining with Usdaw to promote the cause
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NewsPolice and retailers unite for Safer Business Action Week
Police forces, Business Crime Reduction Partnerships and retailers across the UK are joining forces for Safer Business Action Week (10-16 October)
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NewsRetail staff share stories of abuse from customers
Shop workers have shared their experiences of physical and verbal abuse from customers as part of the Let’s Respect Retail campaign
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NewsShop staff abuse rises as 77% face intimidating behaviour from customers
New research reveals 77% of shop workers experienced intimidating behaviour in the past year, with weekly attacks up 10% as Retail Trust launches Let’s Respect Retail for Christmas
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NewsSadiq Khan pledges crackdown on retail crime after ‘years of budget cuts’
The mayor of London tells Convenience Store that the Met is “bearing down” on retail crime following “record investment” from London City Hall
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Features and analysis“We’re not chasing novelty” - retailer Priyesh Vekaria on his store’s crime fighting AI system
A Salford store has stepped up it use of AI in the fight against shoplifting
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NewsFed national president shares independent retailers’ concerns with his MP
Hetal Patel met local MP Joshua Reynolds at his store in Maidenhead last week
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NewsChocolate crime spree brings man who ignored his CBO to justice
A man has been jailed after breaching a CBO banning him from entering a Blackheath store
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NewsShop theft in England and Wales rises 13%
Bira warn the true scale may be far higher due to widespread underreporting by retailers who have lost faith in police response
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NewsHas the vape ban failed? 35% of users now buying disposables on the black market
New report from vape retailer Haypp uncovers the real scale of the UK’s black market