Shoplifters are now so violent their raids are being classed as robberies

Daily Mail - Oct 23, 2026

A dip in levels of recorded shoplifting was offset by a jump in business robberies, thought to reflect increasingly violent retail thefts in 'Wild West Britain'.

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