All news on the topic: Shoplifting

A panel at the Labour Party Conference heard retail staff are 'under siege' with violence and abuse soaring, while Hazel Blears demanded 'radical thinking' to tackle the crisis

A Tesco Express store now has tags on toilet rolls as British supermarkets face a shoplifting crisis during the cost of living crisis with products being stolen

Policing minister Chris Philp said he wants to created a shared database which will allow police to compare facial images from passports with CCTV, dashcam and doorbell footage

Former Take That singer Robbie Williams has faced severe backlash from the retail industry after he took to social media to ask his 2.4 million followers for shoplifting tips

Some 88 shopping giants are calling or a crackdown on shoplifting and violence against staff - and Suella Braverman has been asked to ask on soaring crime rates

It has emerged rail firms consulted with ministers before pressing ahead with the cull, but the Government has tried to claim it was not involved when it could have halted it

A Mirror survey revealed people are increasingly concerned about crime in their local area. The majority (55%) would support tougher penalties for those convicted of shoplifting

The toughened glass screens, which fully enclose the staff side of the till and stand above head-height, have already been installed at more than 110 branches

WARNING: DISTRESSING CONTENT - Marty Scott suffered a stroke after the attack, for which he was allegedly blamed, but now CCTV lays bare the brutality the father suffered

Marty Scott, 57, was unable to continue working at Halfords following the assault at the Stockton, Co Durham, store but has been told he went against store policy by trying to stop the thieves

The British Retail Consortium said there were eight million cases of shoplifting in the year to March - but police recorded 339,206 incidents, with just 48,218 resulting in charges

Rachael Bletchly says people who think they're too posh to pay for all the items in their basket need a wake-up call, as Britain is currently in the grip of a shoplifting epidemic

A WH Smith staff member said shoplifting is 'out of control' and while workers do 'the best we can', it is hard to tackle the issue as thieves are 'so determined'

Iceland boss says shoplifters have used weapons including blades, screwdrivers, and hypodermic needles to threaten staff into letting them leave without paying

Co-op uses expert guards, often ex-forces and former cops to work in stores plagued by crime, but a boss at the high street chain says police rarely turn up to arrest thieves

Running a sweet shop in the heart of city's market, one man says he is regularly threatened by brazen criminals who know that they can take what they want with no fear of action

A study shows how the public has lost patience with thieves who target shops, scaring staff and pushing up price for ordinary, law-abiding customers who pay for their goods

The Mirror’s Clamp Down on Shoplifting campaign calls for end of Tory laws in which theft of goods under £200 is a minor offence, and we speak to two shop workers on the frontline

We despair at the state of lawless Britain where people brazenly steal without any fear of the consequences, and we deplore how shopworkers are threatened for doing their job

Mirror has obtained horrifying footage that shows the extent of lawlessness in Britain as thieves simply march into shops, help themselves, and threaten anyone who intervenes

Rishi Sunak branded the rise in shop thefts 'unacceptable' as he vowed to work with police chiefs to tackle the epidemic that is sweeping Britain's high streets

As shopkeepers and retail bosses demand urgent action to tackle the epidemic of shoplifting sweeping Britain, police say they want to track down a man after a worker was attacked in Bristol

Epidemic gripping Britain's high streets is costing retailers around £1billion a year - as shameless crooks become increasingly confident they can get away with it - we ask, what can be done?

As a wave of thefts from stores hits Britain and experts warn shoplifting has been 'decriminalised', we speak to workers facing the threat of brazen thieves every day

When the British Retail Consortium reports around eight million thefts in the 12 months to March but police recorded only 339,206 cases, it is virtually a free crime