‘Tackling Retail Crime Together’: the new government strategy to clamp down on crime

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Retail crime has reached shocking levels and is getting worse with each passing year. Retail Week attended an event where the policing minister outlined the government’s plan for combatting crime

The latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show that in 2024, shoplifting offences recorded by police in England and Wales reached its highest level – with 516,971 shoplifting incidents recorded.

 

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