The anarcho-tyranny continues. Official figures published this week show shoplifting up again, by 13% in the 12 months to June of this year. The number of police-recorded shoplifting crimes now exceeds 500,000 for the first time.
But, of course, even that shocking number doesn’t reflect the full scale of the problem. Reacting to the news, the British Independent Retailers Association points out that the “vast majority of crimes now go unreported due to lack of police response”. And even when shoplifting crimes are reported and the police engage, more than three-quarters of cases are dropped without a suspect being identified and well under 10% of cases result in a charge.
