Trends
The Retail Crime Survey indicates trends in crime affecting retail outlets. Recent
years have seen a fall in robberies and criminal damage. The overall figure for burglary
masks a fall in completed burglaries but a rise in attempts. Figures for staff theft
may reflect better management systems, rather than an increase in offending.
Crimes committed at retail outlets in the UK, 1993/4 – 1999
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1993/4
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1994/5
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1995/6
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1997
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1998
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1999
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Incidents
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‘000s
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‘000s
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‘000s
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‘000s
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‘000s
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‘000s
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Customer theft
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4,801
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5,390
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4,998
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4,280
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3,901
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3,901
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Staff theft
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35
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26
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31
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26
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19
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25
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Burglary
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161
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117
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97
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87
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78
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79
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Criminal damage
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102
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72
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100
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91
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85
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65
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Robbery & till snatches
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13
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16
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23
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29
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26
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22
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Physical violence to staff
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12
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11
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9
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13
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11
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11
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Source: Retail Crime Survey, 1999
Violence at work
Successive sweeps of the British Crime Survey provide information on trends in
violence at work. These show that:
- the number, both of assaults and threats, rose significantly between 1991 and 1995
then fell between 1995 and 1997.
- The risk of being assaulted while at work was relatively stable from 1993-1997.
- However, the number and proportion of workers threatened while at work rose
by 50% between 1991 and 1997.
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