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According to the Office of National Statistics, there were 469,788 incidents of shoplifting in the year to June in England and Wales - an increase of 28% on 2023. ... removing a £200 threshold ...
There were more than 440,000 incidents of shop theft recorded in one month alone this year [Getty Images] Shoplifting is at "unacceptable" levels and not being tackled properly, a Lords inquiry ...
For example, the crime of theft has a fixed maximum of seven years imprisonment. Some offences have a maximum of life imprisonment: these include manslaughter and rape . In such cases, the judge has complete discretion when sentencing: the offender may be sent to prison or receive a shorter term, or a non-custodial sentence may passed.
Shoplifting hit a 20-year high in the year to March 2024, with 443,995 offences recorded by police in England and Wales. The most recent figures for the outcomes of recorded crimes show that, of ...
Shoplifting (also known as shop theft, retail theft, or retail fraud) is the theft of goods from a retail establishment during business hours. The terms shoplifting and shoplifter are not usually defined in law, and generally fall under larceny .
National Police Chiefs’ Council statistics showed Black and Asian people received fines 1.8 times more than white people. Labour MP Harriet Harman , said it was clear that young people, ethnic minority people, men, also the most socially deprived, were at most at risk and poor people were criminalised rather than the better off. [ 19 ]
Figures from the Office of National Statistics show shoplifting offences across Hampshire rose to 14,233 offences in the year to March 2024, compared with 10,252 offences during the previous 12 ...
The Loughton incinerator thefts occurred between 1988 and 1992 at the Bank of England's incinerator plant at Debden in Loughton, Essex – four employees of the plant stole more than £600,000 in a series of regular thefts.