All news on the topic: Shoplifting

Theft from shops in London has risen by 12 per cent over the past year, according to a new interactive map that shows the extent of a crime spree costing the city's retailers £16.7 million each month

Sainsbury's is set to implement facial recognition cameras to detect known shoplifters and possibly prohibit their entry to the shops

The number of shoplifting offenses recorded by police in England and Wales has exceeded half a million for the first time, figures show.

Retail crime is "out of control" and shoplifters are carrying out increasingly brazen and violent acts of theft because they do not fear any consequences, an industry body has told the BBC.

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The GPS protected cases were spotted on shelves at a Co-op store in a bid to ramp up anti-theft measures. The supermarket has locked away meats, cheeses, chocolate and baby formula

Under a Labour government, police will no longer be able to ignore shoplifters who steal products worth less than £200 which will help keep shop workers safe at work

The alleged culprit dressed in an all-black could be seen with the bottles of alcohol in his hands however, things got difficult when the guard tried to take the bottles away

Bernard and Ann McDonagh were told they had 'ruthlessly exploited' their children after they were filmed doing a 'dine-and-dash' from a restaurant during a £1,000 spree

A woman said she was accused of being a shoplifter after being wrongly flagged by a system called Facewatch. Her bag was searched and she was told to leave the Home Bargains shop

An inquiry into the UK's shoplifting crisis heard a warning from the head of national intelligence unit Opal that criminals are getting cheap flights to target stores

All visitors must go through airport-style scanners before entering the building to detect any contraband. Records also show arrests were made for violent crimes, shoplifting and criminal damage

Sports Direct and JD Sports, which together have around 4,000 stores in the UK, say retail workers have suffered several assaults per week at the hands of violent shoplifters

Bernard and Ann McDonagh have pleaded guilty to skipping out on paying bills cumulatively worth hundreds of pounds at multiple restaurants across Wales - police charged them last month

CCTV footage captured Soma Deasley, 36, stealing wine and sweets from a convenience store and stuffing them in his backpack - but he dropped a knife in the act

The Labour leader said his party would 'put shoplifters on notice' as he addressed the retail union Usdaw's conference in Blackpool, which is due to host a by-election this week

In a speech on the campaign trail in Blackpool, Labour leader Keir Starmer confirmed plans to axe a Tory law that downgraded the theft of goods worth less than £200 to a minor offence

Latest data reveals there were over 430,000 cases in England and Wales last year - up from 315,000 a year earlier as Tories were accused of letting criminals get away with it

Footage sent to The Mirror by The Yard, a pizzeria in Cowbridge, south Wales, shows the woman "do a runner" after allegedly asking staff where the nearest cashpoint was

Darren McCaul, 32, of no fixed address stole hundreds of pounds worth of items including chocolates across shops in Fleetwood, Lancashire between March and April of this year

Police have arrested a man and a woman in connection with a series of dine-and-dash sprees across south Wales - officers are continuing with their investigation

Home Office figures expose the scale of the shoplifting epidemic sweeping the country as one Co-op near Didsbury in Manchester puts cuts of meat in locked security boxes

The new offence will carry a maximum sentence of six months' imprisonment or an unlimited fine, the same sentence for the existing offence of common assault

Police arrested a woman who has been on the run for two years after she was accused of stuffing a 5-year-old boy into a suitcase and leaving him for dead in the woods - but she claims she had to take off because her name is 'Princess' and 'Space Force' was after her

Police arrested and charged a woman yesterday with theft and driving offences before officers decided to share the news with a photo - and also indulged in some puns