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The number of Cash and Valuables in Transit robberies is increasing(03/12/2009)
While other categories of reported serious and violent crime have been declining, the number of Cash and Valuables in Transit (CVIT) robberies is increasing. In the first ten months of 2009 there were 911 of these offences in the UK, 15 per cent more than the 791 in the same period in 2008. In 2008 the last three months of the year saw the highest monthly totals and the same pattern is expected this year. Of the attacks 35 per cent were on del... [more]
The requirement for retailers to license in-house security guards would only add unnecessary costs and bureaucracy(13/05/2009)
The SIA currently licenses guards employed by security firms. Its investigation considered whether there was a case for extending licensing to in-house guards. The Security Industry Authority (SIA) has announced that it did not find evidence of risk or threat to public protection to justify the Government introducing regulation for in-house licensing. The Government has agreed, requesting that the issue be re-visited in three years time. ... [more]
Retail crime reduction could be undermined by economic slowdown(21/10/2008)
The latest British Retail Consortium’s (BRC) Retail Crime Survey 2008 shows numbers of customer thefts down 26 per cent in the year to April but the survey still recorded a third of a million shoplifting offences - that is one every 90 seconds. Employee theft fell 56 per cent in the year to April. Retailers believe the reductions were a result of economic stability during that period, improved policing and their own spending on crime preventio... [more]
Alarming rise in violence aimed at shop workers(02/11/2007)
The value of goods stolen from shops is at a ten year high and violent acts against retail staff have risen 50 per cent in a year according to the British Retail Consortium’s (BRC) 2007 Retail Crime Survey. This year the survey has concentrated on detected theft. That is where the thief was actually caught and prosecuted. This gives a highly reliable, though very conservative measure. Previous BRC surveys have shown 75 per cent of losses go un... [more]
50 per cent rise in violence against shop staff(26/09/2007)
The BRC and USDAW are making a joint call on the Home Secretary to push local Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnerships (which bring together police and local authorities) to give crime against retailers and shop workers the same level of attention as they direct toward crime and anti-social behavior in residential neighbourhoods. Retailers and shop workers are calling on the Home Secretary to back their call for local authorities and police ... [more]
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