All Crime articles – Page 2
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NewsForecourt Eye offers free crime reporting tool as fuel theft rises nearly 20%
The system is designed to enable operators to create and manage ‘police-ready’ reports of fuel theft and retail crime under one integrated system
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NewsTrading Standards crackdown removes 33 million illicit cigarettes from sale
The haul of illicit products also includes more than 800kg of hand rolling tobacco – with a combined revenue value of nearly £24m
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NewsShop theft falls 4% but retailers warn crisis remains underreported
The Office for National Statistics recorded 507,086 offences during the year ending March 2026, compared with the previous year when 530,324 offences were recorded by police
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NewsBolton tops list for illegal vape seizures as UK councils confiscate 1.3 million
Alternative nicotine product experts Northerner said the figure highlighted the widespread availability of illicit products in the market and raised concerns about their sale and distribution
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NewsAsda denies stores at risk despite ‘shambolic’ Mitie security guard consultation
Mitie has put more than 300 Asda security jobs at risk, in a move that GMB has labelled as ‘shambolic’
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NewsRepeat offenders strike retailers 300,000 times in six months
Facewatch said the rise in alerts to retailers reflected both the expansion of its network and persistent repeat offending
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NewsIllegal tobacco in a quarter of Liverpool convenience stores
An undercover operation commissioned by JTI UK found 18 of the 72 shops visited between 30 January and 3 February this year were selling illegal tobacco.
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NewsSainsbury’s to extend facial recognition tech to 200 stores by Christmas
The supermarket said the effectiveness of the technology in reducing crime was “clear” with 92% of identified and banned offenders not returning to its stores.
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Comment & OpinionShopworkers deserve better than a law with no teeth
Tougher laws have failed to prevent an increase in assaults on shopworkers in Scotland. What’s going on?
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NewsImperial Brands issues landlords warning over sales of illicit tobacco
The tobacco giant said its investigations had identified multiple premises where retail tenants had been found to be selling counterfeit or illegal tobacco products
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NewsScottish retail worker assaults rise every year since 2021 protection law
There have been 1,318 incidents of retail worker assaults reported to Police Scotland in 2026 so far
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Comment & OpinionFacial recognition needs human judgement
Retailers rushing to deploy facial recognition must understand that the technology is only as defensible as the decisions surrounding it, says Lauren Wills-Dixon, partner and head of privacy and data protection at Gordons
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NewsEngland World Cup opener sparks rise in shoplifting and violence across UK stores
In the run up to the Three Lions’ first match on 17 June, shop theft rose by 6% on the daily average
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NewsSelf-checkouts increase store losses by 22% in first year, major study finds
The study found that ‘nudges’ to the customer that ‘the system is paying attention’ were hugely effective in stemming the shrinkage
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NewsC-stores and supermarkets top list for witnessed theft as crime becomes ‘normalised’
Seven in 10 shoppers now view theft as “normalised”, while 12% say they feel ‘indifferent’ when witnessing crime in bricks & mortar stores, according to new research
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NewsACS launches campaign to crack down on illicit trade
’Stop Rogue Traders’ aims to highlight the scale of the problem facing communities and calls for government action to get rogue traders off the streets
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NewsFuel theft incidents jump 23% at UK forecourts
Fuel crime prevention platform Forecourt Eye recorded 11,170 theft incidents in March and April, up from 9,089 in January and February
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NewsOrganised retail crime busting unit makes 237 arrests, resulting in 118 years of jail time
The organised retail crime team within Opal – the police force’s national intelligence unit for serious organised acquisitive crime – has identified 605 offenders since it launched in May 2024
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NewsFuel theft rises after Middle East conflict pushes up pump prices
Reports of unpaid-for fuel rose by 3% in April, building on a 19% surge in March, according to the British Oil Security Syndicate
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NewsACS welcomes King’s Speech bills backing convenience stores
During the State Opening of Parliament, which sets out the government’s legislative agenda for the year ahead, 37 bills were published, including five that would affect convenience stores