Theft Statistics

All statistics quoted below are sourced from the British Retail Consortium... http://www.brc.org.uk

The cost of crime to the British Retail Industry exceeded £2.1 billion in 2004.

While capital and revenue expenditure on Crime Prevention is falling straight forward theft is costing the retail industry over £1.1 billion. Follow the links below for more detailed trend analysis on each area of crime:

Customer Theft

Staff Theft

Violence Against Staff

Fraud

Burglaries

Criminal Damage

Robbery and Till Snatchers

Crime Prevention 

Customer Theft

Total Losses of £588 million - Up 44% on 2003

3,385 incidents per 100 Outlets - Up 18% on 2003

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Staff Theft

Total Losses of £498 million - Up 77% on 2003

9 incidents per 1,000 employees - figure unchanged

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Violence Against Staff

9 incidents of physical violence per 1,000 employees - Up 14% on 2003

31 incidents of verbal abuse per 1,000 employees - Up 35% on 2003

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Fraud

Total cost of £68 million - Up 11% on 2003

£161 lost per £1 million of turnover - Down 20% on 2003

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Burglaries

Total losses of £54 million - Down 52% on 2003

23 attempted and completed burglaries per 100 outlets - Down 30% on 2003

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Criminal Damage

Total cost of £24 million - Up 71% on 2003

52 incidents per 100 outlets - down 5% on 2003

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Robbers and Till Snatchers

Robbery: Total cost of £8.17 million - Up 8% on 2003

Till Snatch: Total cost of £2.63 million - Up 57% on 2003

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Crime Prevention

£335 million of Capital Investment - Down 15% on 2003

£376 million of Revenue Investment - Down 33% on 2003

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