Chris Philp has told Sky News that gangs, criminal re-selling and drugs were largely to blame for the spike in thefts from shelves, which has been estimated to have cost businesses £1.76bn over 12 months.
Unfortunately anecdotal evidence disagrees with you. I am def seeing more shoplifters.
Also blaming inflation alone. Seems to give an excuse to the government over its attacks on the benifit system and raising cost of living. Not to mention the reduction in policing that has not been replaced.
you know what the issue here is don’t you. what you reckon doesn’t reflect reality. statistics does, and statistics agrees with me. not you,
I don’t know why we are so addicted to “what i reckon” thinking in this country, why it’s so ingrained into our culture. but it’s really dangerous and sad.
statistica has the level of shoplifting incidents returning back to pre-pandemic levels after obviously it dropped during pandemic. these are the normal levels. What has changed is the value of the goods. and that’s the value that’s always reported when people talk about the increases.
Unfortunately anecdotal evidence disagrees with you. I am def seeing more shoplifters.
Also blaming inflation alone. Seems to give an excuse to the government over its attacks on the benifit system and raising cost of living. Not to mention the reduction in policing that has not been replaced.
you know what the issue here is don’t you. what you reckon doesn’t reflect reality. statistics does, and statistics agrees with me. not you,
I don’t know why we are so addicted to “what i reckon” thinking in this country, why it’s so ingrained into our culture. but it’s really dangerous and sad.
statistica has the level of shoplifting incidents returning back to pre-pandemic levels after obviously it dropped during pandemic. these are the normal levels. What has changed is the value of the goods. and that’s the value that’s always reported when people talk about the increases.
Where are you getting your figures from?
if you see anyone stealing food for themselves, then no, you didn’t.