UK crime: shop lifting hits record high
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- Опубликовано: 13 фев 2024
- Abuse and violence against shop workers has risen by 50 percent to a staggering 1,300 incidents a day - according to a survey by the British Retail Consortium.
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These range from racial abuse and sexual harassment to physical assault and threats with weapons. Shoplifting has also shot up to its highest on record. Retailers say the government's response has been "woefully inadequate".
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A child can choose between going into a £27000 debt by studying at university or to become a thief. It's incredibly sad that many equate being educated to being in tonnes of debt.
Well that's the reality for a lot of graduates. Their degree ends up not counting for anything and they have to take low skilled jobs to pay bills and the debt
Hi, it should be reworded “graduate tax” as you only pay if you earn a certain amount. I graduated in 2009 and have just finished paying it off. If I had gone a few years earlier I would have paid far less, had I gone a few years later I will still be paying for another decade or so.
It's actually more than 27000, tution fees are 9k per year and Uni courses depending on what course you take can last as long as 4 to 5 years and that's without going for a masters should you choose.
You then have maintenance loans that students take for their living arrangements, food and essentials for University.
I'm not sure that the thieves are the brightest bulbs out society has to offer 😂
But isn't that what the data suggests?
The local supermarket struggled with shoplifting. The conditions are ripe for high crime levels with people getting poorer and the police becoming ineffective. Dark days ahead.
Are you talking in the future tense?
Just waiting for Police to raise the minimum amount for responding to £1,000 and crime levels to shoot through the roof forcing supermarkets to close down hurting local communities.
dark days have been here for a long time
There is worst to come, look at South America crime rates for a glimpse into our dystopian future.
Government caused this mess.
How?
@@louisvuitton56 making so many people broke. Is it that hard to to see it?
Yep. And it will get much worse. Inequality is almost to pre World War I levels and it is by design.
Stop letting the government to rule your life! They don’t care, never have and never will. They only provide cheap booze so the masses can remain ignorant and passive!
@@louisvuitton56 Look up how Jimmy Savile never been caught and got granted bailed by an Governments as 2009 cases were dropped. People with mental illness that had murdered or raped someone ? they don't get sent to jailed with rehab anymore but instead sent to the Asylum then freed again still in same country and then same crime again happened.
Shoplifting from local retailers is not just unethical (and illegal of course), but it is also hurting the whole community.
Er the cause is the issue. What do you think is causing this epidemic? It begins with a T and has ORIES after it.
@@coppershark1973Shoplifters are thieves and criminals who want everything without paying for it. There are plenty of jobs around if they want to work. They know they can get away with it. Honest people end up paying for this crime. Learn to live within your means. Benefits are generous in this country and there are food banks, baby banks, free breakfasts, free lunches for children. Parents can give their children porridge for breakfast instead of sending them to school without any. Get priorities right and learn to cook ftom scratch. Most people have enough to live on if only they spend their earnings, benefits on necessities. Why have half a dozen children and being single when you can't look after them? People do not know how lucky they are in this country. Unfortunately the more freebies you give to people the more they come to rely on this. Majority of countries in this world do not have benefits, pensions, free schooling etc.
My local Sainsbury’s (UK grocery store) have ramped up security: they’ve put a barrier at the exit of the self scan machines that will only open after scanning a valid receipt. I was told that this was a direct result of unprecedented shoplifting. I don’t think this will do much as the staff don’t have time to thoroughly check everyone’s bags when there’s possible need to. The measures have definitely made honest shoppers more annoyed and frustrated when they’re trying to leave. so on one hand you’ve got a problem of thieves and on the other you’ve got upset honest shoppers being treated like criminals…. There’s also the issue of the store’s security attendant who looks the most non-threatening person I’ve ever seen at 5ft tall and practically a teenager.
I was using the self check app in Sainsbury’s. A staff had to scan part of my basket then the scanner said full basket even nothing was wrong for the first scan and she wasn’t happy. So I asked her how about she cancels my order and I hand scan everything myself at the self scan till. She then shouted at me and threatened me that I’m going to be in big trouble if she catches me missing out one item in my basket. Of course I scanned everything. She scanned everything and left, no apology.
You've never seen a 5 foot man before?
I didn’t want to mention gender, as I knew I would be slated, but this was a 5ft tall young lady. She might well have had exceptional tact and diplomacy in dealing with tricky customers, and been a master of ten martial arts… I don’t know. To my mind, the head of security (male or female) should look at least look somewhat like they mean business and could take you down if you had two bottles of vodka down your trousers and were legging it!! This example happened in the same store but the security guard was nowhere to be seen and the thief got clean away.
i've noticed some shoplifters pay for a couple of items - and just put the more expensive items in their bag without paying ... so they have a receipt if they get challenged
@@fToo how did u notice that😂
Shop lifting will happen more because of cost of living
And the brazen violence and aggression used to do it is a sign of societal breakdown. It used to be a petty crime because it was nipped in the bud. People with a particular mind set- oh woe is me, nothing is my fault- start to pose a threat if not checked. No one in this country is left to starve. The problem with benefits is that it doesn't allow for none essentials. You can either eat, keep the lights on and have some heating or you can buy alcohol, cigs, drugs, nights out etc. You can't do both. And before anyone hits back, yes I have managed to live on benefits - with two small children. Not once did I commit a crime or blame anyone else for my situation. People need to take control of themselves and grow up.
Yeah that's not at all what's happening. This is organised crime. They recruit drug addicts to shop lift for them and give them drugs or a small cut of the goods value. Then they sell the products online at 20% less than retail price.
They're making BILLIONS on this scheme globally. It's happening in every OECD country that took wokeism and BLM seriously enough to change laws.
@@skadiwarrior2053So no. It’s not a sign of societal breakdown, it’s a consequence of the ignorance and complacency we’ve had in our governments transforming into plutocratic, authoritarian governments. Think about the narratives? Why are they trying to convince us that this is the narrative?
@@skadiwarrior2053 You may not like the stats but these are some of the most peaceful and low crime times in this country's history. There may be a minor spike at the moment but it was way worse in the 1700's, mid 1800's and theft was through the roof during WW2 with people looting bomb sites and committing burglaries during the blackouts. Even the 1960's were far worse.
@@skadiwarrior2053go back to GB News fascist troll and take your survivorship bias with you. We tried your way for centuries and it’s what led us to this point.
At the checkout in tesco last week got chatting to cashier about thieves she said they are not aloud to confront or stop suspected shop lifters because it potentially puts the staff in danger.Ive since now upped the amount i pinch
😂
Fancy branching out to Paul Smith outlets? I'll give you 30% of RRP, cash.
I refuse to use self checkout and after queuing for 20min they shut the till on me.
Annoyed I took my 8 items to the ciggy kiosk to pay.
She initially refused cause it’s 5 items or less.
I reminded her to sell them to me or I’m just walking out with them.
I paid for my shopping in the end but my god, why is their no staff 🤷🏻♀️
I don’t use self service cause “unsuspected item in the bagging area” proceed to wait several minutes for a staff member to authorise it.
Might as well just have a staff member do it all.
based
Signs of the thriving economy that the Tories have built bit by bit for over 14 years. Job well done! Time to vote for them for another 15 years!
I'd let them walk off if I was a sedurity guard. Not worth risking your life for.
So why did you take the job?
@@coppershark1973 😴
Why be one if you don’t stop people? Waste of shops money. And a joke for scumbags.
This is going to result in even more shops closing down and moving online. Another blow to the high street
The courts will have to increase from suspended sentences, to very serious suspended sentences
They should abolish suspended sentences and actually put criminals in prison
😂😂😂 Fixing cost of living would help better . Instead of giving police 👮 hard time for something they can’t fix , support the people. Fix the economy .
There needs to be harsher punishments for all crime, including shoplifting.
@@jumpa654 get building prisons
It's easier to say to put criminals in prison but the issue is this country doesn't have the facilities to do it. Such a shame really, a once beautiful country now turns into a 3rd world country.
Society sets its own standards. 🤷♀️
No. Society has been deliberately crashed by the TORIES. They are entirely to blame.
Wellcome to UK.. Just like wellcome to America..
in the 80 s and 90 s a freind tell me.that UK was safe place, at that time, I think this was valuable for the Whole world?
People are hungry.
“Stealing for hunger/need” is a gross misunderstanding. People are becoming professional lifters. Making shop keepers poorer and driving up prices does not make life better. There is no excuse for this degeneracy
These things aren't mutually exclusive.
You have never known hunger. I can tell
You already know shopkeeper had his eyes on the interviewer at every aisle 😂
True😂😂
Shoplifters should go to food banks if they are hungry
Maybe if inflation hadn’t shafted all those who society doesn’t care about then people wouldn’t shop lift. This isn’t a shoplifting problem, it’s a problem with the state of the UK and supermarkets putting prices up to where people have no choice but to steal so they can eat
Even 200 cameras won't reduce surplus labour. When a rich society so unequal that the poorest can barely survive loses wealth, this here is a symptom.
brexshit means brexshit just vomiting when I listen about this paradise called UK
Yes because it's only happening here, and only since Brexit-right. Not happening anywhere else in Europe, the USA( was it even in the EU to leave it) ?
@@skadiwarrior2053After Brexit Food prices only keep going up ⬆️ ⬆️ ⬆️
@@zainzoala1083Canada didn't even get to Brexit and we're suffering the same fate here.
**Stubs toe on the coffee table** "Brexit did this"
Brexit was always the right choice.
Cope seethe and dilate
Been spending most my life,
Living in a shoplifter’s paradise,
I stole a few bog rolls once or twice,
Living in a shoplifter’s paradise….
Your pic looks like a hair on my screen
Commiserations to all businesses affected, especially the independently owned ones.
With the benefit of hindsight, I sincerely hope that lessons will be learned this time and anti theft laws will be reviewed thoroughly and vigorously to ensure that this doesn't occur again on UK soil. Resolve and meaningful dialogue, not the usual lip service given by opportunistic conveyor belt, career politicians, or useless councillors
Supermarkets still posting record profit margins.
Everyone's a winner except those honest folks with no dinner.
If you look at countries that have severe penalties for shoplifting, they also have the least amount of crime. The severe penalty is the deterrent.
But what about the record profits? Will someone please think about the record profits!
Oh well, you repress people enough they do what they need to survive. Just how the rich like it.
The justice system is a joke, we need harsher punishments for crimes which are violent or intimidating. The cost of living crisis is not an excuse, many people including young families are suffering because of the cost of living but have not resorted to making someone else's life worse by acting violently or intimidating them. Using poverty as an excuse is entitlement.
Oh no I hope Tesco will be ok
if the govt is soft on crime, then this should be no surprise. it is not the police, it is the GOVERNMENT. if the law is not strict or enforced, then the shoplifters will continue.
Prices are never gonna go back down
When has anything ever gotten cheaper… ever!
Cost of poverty
The people in an area are going to react according to the conditions they are under. I think this is a reflection of a sickness in the society. Most people have no incentive to break the law, if only out of desperation. Jailing people doesn't really help, because it doesn't remove the root cause of the actual problem driving the crime.
Desperately stealing all of the high value items? Cheese/Meat/high value electronics. There is desperation.. Then there is organised crime.
Rubbish, they aren’t stealing for need they are stealing to sell on .
*Firstly, this is NOT shoplifting, its looting !*
5 prime ministers since Brexit (only 2 voted in). The country is in political turmoil and has no stable government focused on improving the quality of life and dealing with crime. All rubbish, there’s not one party that has a solid plan for getting us out of this mess. It’s shameful
How come the media never address the reason it has doubled?
I just stole a car from a dealer and going again tomorrow
This is a scam
Original price… £1
Price soars……..£2
Price reduces….£1.50
That’s great… things are getting cheaper!!!
See what they did there?
Price reduces….£1.50 (Only With Customer Tracking Loyalty cards)
Price reduces for limited time then goes back up again 😅
30 yrs ago i had this problem cant immag8ne how worst it get
Prices go up lifting goes up 😂
There was a time where not wearing a mask would get you a fine. There was a lot of police about back then. Was it easier to pursue people that would never have broken the law?
Well do something about the crack epidemic and then you will soon see a drop in shop thefts..
In Chicago USA in the 1990s. A shop had all the products behind bullet resistant glass. You pointed out what items you wanted to purchase. You placed your money into a steel turnstyle revolving bin.
The clerk would then spin your(paid for)Items back to you. Best idea ever.
We had that in Ireland
okay! you destroy my dreams ,I know only the Chicago group/ 80s music , I hope it become more safe place
Same as Scottish off licenses (booze shops).
No consequences …
I've been coerced to work and hour later and I've had two customers be aggressive.
How about it lowering prices then you won’t get shoplifters ? Simple
As a given rule dont shoplift from family owned businesses only druggies and scumbags will do that
⚠SPASTIC POST ALERT⚠
Security guards, people? I was impressed with the shopping centres in Thailand, where I live, as they have a considerable number of guards always on petrol, even after closing times. This is not just for theft but the safety of the shoppers as well. For large ones they even have designated guards for car parks, and a designated parking for women with a guard stationed nearby to monitor all activities, as they have been incidents of sexual assaults in big car parks at night in the past.
We have them in the Philippines too and they have the power to apprehend shoplifters and anti social behaviours as long as it is within the establishment that they are guarding. Ps. They have guns too.
Considering how corrupt the Thai police are, they need that security.
@@Georgetown327 The cops are too busy murdering drug users to actually police.
Hi. Here in the UK our guards in supermarkets are restricted by the regulations. They told me they can’t fight the shoplifters. They aren’t allowed to. What they can do is take the items back (if they can, without fighting the shoplifters) told them not to return and not let them in next time. Probably because the companies are worried about being sued
As someone who works in food retail in the uk and am from a poor background these thieves don’t realise that their only hurting the staff enough stuff gets stolen the store closes and people lose there jobs, and the fact I get threatened on a near daily basis now for doing my fucking job is a joke sentencing needs to be harsher for repeat offenders and new policies to protect the staff we’re all struggling the same but people think it’s a victimless crime
Cost of living crisis
Theres literally a girl behind him robbing him mid interview thats wild 😅
NOT prosecuted ??
Why do you think they CONTINUE to do it then ??
There are ZERO repercussions for these criminals 🤬!!
WHY in Gods name do the criminals and thugs have all the power, control and rights while the good and fair, contributing folk get kicked in the gut ??
Something definitely not right abt any of it …
There's simply way bigger fish to fry these days, given the resources available
How are you getting shoplifters when you don’t have BLM
Simular to the US. Interesting
Nice, now interview the people having to chose between eating and shelter
This causes prices to go up and hence rising inflation... Which is why the coffee tastes so damn good!!!
I think it is the time to give more power to those security officers with SIA licence to help police to tackle crime in this country
Online ordering and or serving hatch purchases only might help reduce theft? Limit foot traffic within a store/shop. Response to article only.
Its more important to increase parking fines and 20 mph speed cameras
This newsreader sounds like he’s wearing a retainer.
the bots-
Be discreet on the self checkout!
Just bought myself a copy of 'The Asylum Seeker's Cookbook'= recipe number one= HOW TO BOIL AN EGG=
First, steal an egg, a saucepan, a bottle of water, and a box of matches, or, even a lighter will do at a pinch!👍
The shameless steal.
The local councils should roll out a combat strategy which consists of: branding the image of individuals who are known to be prolific shoplifters in the area, on public billboards.
Which should contain details of their shoplifting offences.
So have a huge poster of their face.
With the following punchline headline:
" ADVERTISING BOARD RESERVED EXCLUSIVELY FOR SHOPLIFTERS"
(i think that's one way to make shoplifters think twice before breaking the law! 😬🤔🤔🤷🤷🤷)
Apart from being a breach of various data and privacy laws? Great idea, not. The UK law allows for the rehabilitation of offenders, this idea doesn't.
Combination of the cost of living and droves of migrants on low pay
The gov is blame.
Ladies & gentlemen welcome to Tory Britain 🎉
As bad and awful as the Tories are, this isn't a Tory issue. It is an issue of morals. What is a Tory issue is the fact that they have not invested in the police and justice system. The country clearly needs new prisons so that the courts can hand out serious sentences. Even if the money to build new prisons is available, the people themselves must accept that those prisons may be built in their locality.
@@andrewjones-productionsthey've cut police funding by 34%. They've crashed the economy. They've enacted a ridiculous Brexit. They were the ones in charge of those things. Give your head a wobble.
Corner shops and small chains are just too pricey now all too often. A can of ginger beer can cost up to 85 pence now.
@@andrewjones-productionsthe definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. Draconian measures like yours have been tried for centuries, yet crime is always a problem.
@@andrewjones-productionsthe last time labour lead this country everywhere was so much safer and prices were drastically lower
Has not even started yet
Cuts in police officers and back room staff closures of court nation wide. As the chief constable of Derbyshire said its a golden age for criminals. Paraphrased.
This is entirely predictable. As equality increases, so does crime.
You mean inequality
Good old cultural enrichment innit! 🙄
Oh really? I wonder why? Where have all these criminals just appeared from I wonder?
I did it at the co op around 9 times cuz they don’t need the money lol. Welcome to the UK…
I have been to a shop that has a wall of shame too and guess what most of them are locals lol yet they keep on blaming immigrants for their problems. Why not give more powers to your police and focus on catching criminals instead of traffic violations.
Do shop lifters maintain a stiff upper lip?
dushane is a journalist now!
Police & Local Councils are responsible for commuinity safety. The Tories have defunded BOTH significantly. Met Police numbers cut by thousands and so the CCTV doesn't matter bcz these assholes know nothing will happen. LA funding cut by 40%. At the local Starbucks i frequent a man walks in there weekly, grabs sandwiches etc.. and just walks off- the staff are powerless! Eventually some of these stores close due to loss of hundreds per week to theft. Gosh, Britain, we need a reset 😔
Why should staff care about shoplifting? They're not paid enough to
Onestop will not pay for security guards. They expect staff to deal with it.
It costs over £20k to hire a guard. If that guard doesn't stop £20k of shoplifting then it's more profitable to let the shoplifters away with it. If you were a business owner you want to make profit
This is due to the Crown Prosecution Service who won't pursue petty crimes such as shoplifting due to cuts to legal aid so they're not gonna pursue a prosecution over stealing stock not worth much as they see it as a waste of resources. This is increasingly becoming a problem. If the Justice System can't deal with those thefts then it should be left up to us to dispense justice but then that would mean the government admittingly losing control of law & order making their presence and the need of their presence obsolete.
If the Tories ever get the boot we must make sure they will never be able to be in a position of power ever again.
So what is the deterrence? Harsh language and stand in the corner of the room for an hour? things ae only getting worse and you making the criminals more empowered to act on greater crime.
Id just laugh if i appeared on one of them shame posters lol
the police are too busy reading peoples tweets and riding bikes
I never saw this cctv in Boots! BOOTS has a company called TSS and they give 1 security guy and they don't have this microphone. This video is fake.
#disbandthepolice
$2 Billion USD CAD AUD And NZD
They looted all colonies around the world . Now looting their own country people : poor Britishers😂
The old man has been talking people pennies for years. I don’t feel sorry for him or his likez 😎
someone will blame Russia and China for this
0:57 What is worse is when a someone scams you of thousands of dollars out of my hard earned money 😢 and I never got a penny back , I had to take him to small claims court 😢😊
Not Stealing, Reparations ?
Sad
Hmmmm I wonder why
Heres the thing..in everything town there's empty mills and factory's and now shops and bars especially after the pandemic shutting down society for a year then the inevitable inflation Nobody can afford anything and god help if you need a job.
The world owes them a living attuned shops will stop trading soon will not be worth it for them
The more you publicise this the wose it gets people jump on the band wagon😢
Things happen for a reason.
The God fearing.
Fear God's Punishment.
The latter days of end of empire , times are hard and will get a lot harder
blimey.