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Co-op Uses GPS-Tagged Lockboxes on Low-Cost Meats to Tackle Shoplifting

The retailer says the tracking devices form one element of wider security investments credited with reducing retail crime.

City of London Police Report 31% Shoplifting Enforcement Rate as CCTV-Led Crackdown Rolls Out

Greggs Trials ‘Theft-Proof’ Counters at High-Risk Stores to Tackle Shoplifting

Two Charged Over 2025 London Marathon Tower Bridge Disruption

Shoplifting Cases Double in Five Years as Charge Rates Lag

Watchdog Says Police Are Falling Behind on Online Child Abuse Cases as Referrals Soar

Met Detective Dismissed Over Sex Workers and Class A Drug Involvement Abroad

92% of Burglaries Went Unsolved in England and Wales in 2025

UK Police Now Making 1,000 Monthly Arrests as Online Child Abuse Threat Deepens

ONS Data Show Homicides Hit 42-Year Low as Knife Crime Falls

Home Secretary Unveils Policing Overhaul for England and Wales: National Force, AI Rollout, Faster 999 Response

Court of Appeal Backs Met Police on Vetting, Allowing Use of Unproven Allegations

UK Set to Create National Police Service and Reduce 43 Forces in Sweeping Overhaul

Acting Police Minister Says SAPS Is Not Ready to Defeat Cape Gang Killings

UK Poised to Broaden AI Policing in Forthcoming White Paper

UK Police Leaders Urge Cutting 43 Forces to 10–15 in Overhaul of England and Wales Policing

Met Police to Use Facial Recognition at North London Derby on Sunday

Mahmood Sets Out Police Overhaul, Says Forces Should Not Police Legal Online Speech

MPs Challenge NPCC Guidance That Calls Some Prostitutes ‘Sexual Entrepreneurs’

UK Government to Scrap Police and Crime Commissioners by 2028 in £100m Policing Overhaul