90% of England’s rural retailers fall victim to country’s shoplifting epidemic

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 Photo by ANDY RAIN/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock (15126088k) A pedestrian walks past a 'Stop don't shoplift' sign at a store in London, Britain, 30 January 2025. UK retailers have reported an unprecedented increase in shoplifting and violent crime in their stores. Retailers on Britain's High Streets are facing some fifty five thousand thefts each day, while violent and abusive incidents have increased by fifty percent in a year, according to British Retail Consortium (BRC) annual crime survey. UK retailers report unprecedented crime increase, London, United Kingdom - 30 Jan 2025
Rural retailers have been unable to escape the rising prevalence of shoplifting. (Picture: ANDY RAIN/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock)

More than nine in 10 rural retailers have fallen victim to shoplifting in the past 12 months, according to research.

Farm shops and stores selling machinery have all experienced the Read Entire Article