Retail crime soars 15.5% as incident reporting drops “dramatically”

Crime

Source: Alamy

Retail crime surged 15.6% last year to £1.6bn, but “dramatically” fewer incidents were reported to police, suggesting a fall in confidence in officer responses.

 

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