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Shoplifting in Britain soars to the highest level in history: Epidemic laid bare as shock new figures reveal thieves stole every MINUTE last year
The number of shoplifting offences recorded by police in England and Wales has passed half a million for the first time, ...
How London's shoplifting epidemic has accelerated with offences soaring 54% in a year
Data also reveals that ‘theft from the person’ offences rose 41 per cent in the capital, despite falling 14 per cent across ...
Mobile phone snatches surge as thefts ‘spiral out of control’
Number of snatch thefts rises from 58,000 in 2023 to 99,000 last year – the highest level since 2003, according to crime ...
Half a million shoplifting offences recorded by police for the first time
The figure is the highest since current police recording practices began in the year to March 2003, according to the Office ...
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Knife crime in England and Wales: Latest numbers and trends
Of the 54,587 knife crime offences in England and Wales in 2024, 31% (16,789) were recorded by the Metropolitan Police, 9% (4,664) by West Midlands Police, 6% (3,452) by Greater Manchester Police and ...
Sadiq Khan's London crisis laid bare with knife crime incident reported every 30 MINUTES
Police across the England and Wales logged some 54,587 knife crimes in 2024, which marks a 2% increase on the 53,413 seen in ...
Loyle Carner On How Fatherhood and Hitting 30 Shaped His Indie-Inspired New LP: ‘I’m A Person I Never Thought I Could Become’
Loyle Carner discusses his upcoming album, ‘hopefully !’; fatherhood; and Glastonbury Festival in a Billboard UK cover story ...
‘Straight to jail’: NT Government rushing tougher bail laws after stabbing death of beloved Darwin shopkeeper amid crime crisis
Tougher laws are being drafted and will go to the Northern Territory parliament next week following the alleged murder of a ...