Robberies targeting businesses reached a record high last year with 33 every day, figures have revealed. Office for National Statistics data showed that robbery of a business property rose by 52% in the year to June 2024 - rising from 7,884 to 12,000 - the highest ever recorded. An investigation conducted by Udsaw - the shop workers union - also revealed one in five retail staff members had been the victim of a violent assault last year.
And although attacks on retail workers is also up by eight per cent from 2022, not even one in ten robberies end with an assailant. According to The Times, almost 50 per cent of business robbery investigations were concluded without police forces able to determine a suspect. Robbery is a different crime from burglary. It is when an individual uses force or threats while stealing. Fresh statistics indicate criminals are setting their sights on businesses over personal dwellings, with the rise of personal property robbers seeing a one per cent rise. Shoplifting offences across Britain soared by 30 per cent in a year to the highest level in two decades. As of the year to June 2024, there was a 52 per cent rise in business robberies, skyrocketing from 7,884 to 12,000 - the highest ever recorded, according to ONS. Almost 444,000 crimes were recorded by forces in England and Wales in the year to March, up from 342,428 in the previous 12 months. This is the highest figure since records began in 2003, according to the Office for National Statistics
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