Crime ❯ Theft ❯ Shoplifting

Retail Crime

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Survey Finds Roughly 30% of Americans Say They Shoplifted This Year

Rising prices are the main reason cited by admitted shoplifters, signaling strain on households and retailers.

German Retail Theft Hits Record €4.3 Billion in 2025

Met and Retailers Demand Fast-Track Courts to Stop London’s Serial Shoplifters

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

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

Sainsbury’s Fires 15-Year Employee After He Restrained Suspected Champagne Thief

Prolific Shoplifter Jailed for South Wales Supermarket Spree

Bavarian Shoplifting Cases Turn Violent in Nuremberg and Ingolstadt

Two-Year Order Bans Wirral Woman From Birkenhead Town Centre and All Tesco Stores

Starmer Sets Out Retail-Crime Clampdown After Surge in Shoplifting

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

M&S Chair Says Self‑Checkout Design Is Driving Some Shoppers to Steal

Met Police Chief Backs Sacked Morrisons Manager in Shoplifting Case

Met Trials Retail Crime Platform, Reports Higher Solve Rate and Hundreds of Charges

Shoplifting Cases Double in Five Years as Charge Rates Lag

UK Supermarkets Install Plastic Shelf Sliders to Deter 'Shelf Sweeping' Theft

Repeat Shoplifter Banned From Every Aldi and Next in Staffordshire for Three Years

Asda Weighs Vending Machines for High-Theft Items in Stores

Netto Tests Account-Only Self-Checkout Access in Select Berlin Stores

Costa Coffee Adds Security at Select Stores as Shoplifting Rises