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Are locals concerned about the rise in shoplifting?
National World - LocalTV
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07/10/2024
Many shopkeepers have resorted to policing shop lifting themselves having seen a large increase in the crime as the cost of living has risen.
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In terms of shoplifting in Bristol, I haven't seen anything in particular, but where I'm
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from, where I commute in from, we've seen shoplifting in Stroud and places like that,
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but I haven't actually witnessed anything in Bristol, no.
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According to Avon and Somerset Police, there has been a rise in the number of shoplifting
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crimes. But do locals think enough is being done to stop shoplifting? Let's find out.
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I would like to think things are being done to help shopkeepers because it's their livelihood
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and when things are stolen from their shop, then that impacts on their wellbeing and their
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income basically.
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Well, I mean, I think it's something that ultimately is going to impose costs on everybody
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else. So, you know, apart from the general being law-abiding and so on, it has an economic
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impact.
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Office for National Statistics figures show about 12,000 shoplifting offences were recorded
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by Avon and Somerset Constabulary in the year of June up to 8,000 in 22. It follows a trend
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across England and Wales where reports of shoplifting increased by 25%.
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I think shoplifting is probably something which is extraordinarily challenging for shops
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to try and counteract. And I know people who've worked in shops who've, you know, it's impossible
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to ask people to confront people who might turn violent or people who are acting as gangs
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to distractions, robberies and that kind of thing. So it is really, really difficult.
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It's very difficult to know what to do.
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I think, I mean, sometimes it's nice when in the shop there's some security, but I think
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they stop people from entering the shop more than checking. But I think it's in the street
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as well, it's not just in the shop.
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