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Shoplifting arrest every 10 minutes as arrests soar 158 per cent in five years
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Shoplifting arrest every 10 minutes as arrests soar 158 per cent in five years
Shoplifting arrests have tripled in just five years as Britain battles a retail crime epidemic, shock new figures reveal.
More than 52,000 arrests were recorded by police forces providing data last year - equivalent to 144 a day or one every 10 minutes.
An analysis of Freedom of Information responses found shoplifting arrests soared from 20,253 in 2021 to 52,409 in 2025 - a rise of 158 per cent.
The new figures, ba…
12 Oct, 21:58