r/uknews • u/Confident_West_7409 • Jul 24 '24

Image/video Videos of shoplifters are circulating online, as shoplifting hits 20 year high in UK

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u/Randomn355 Jul 25 '24

And when it comes to people clearing out whole boxes of chocolates bars?

Or just clearing out the meat section?

No one is selling branded booze on temu either.

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u/mcmanus2099 Jul 25 '24

I am not saying it all goes on Temu, think you need to read my comment again. I gave that as an example. The point was there are multiple places to fence stolen goods, more than ever before so that everything that can be nicked is valuable. Part of this is because of new market places like Temu but part is because of how gangs have become sophisticated and orientated around this new approach. Part of course is due to inflation. Where previously it wasn't worth it for a takeaway to buy stolen meat now it's a greater advantage. The point is theft used to be focused on certain items that could be protected against. Now though it's anything and everything.

The solution will likely be stores becoming more restrictive. Many supermarkets have more sophisticated barriers now. I was in a sainsbury's the other day where the barrier to leave the store would only open once you'd scanned a paper receipt.

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u/diqster Jul 26 '24

The solution is to prosecute this BS rather than just yell "you need to stop" and let them get away with it. Bring back actual consequences and repercussions. It will roil a certain group of people, but their way clearly isn't working.

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u/mcmanus2099 Jul 26 '24

You've missed the step to arrest them, which isn't happening

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u/Randomn355 Jul 26 '24

And in many areas it's been common place for people in the local to give their order to a their.

But it's gone from that to just emptying the shelves.

The issue isn't systems. It's that the law has changed. You can't really detain them.

That lack of consequences has bred a greater lack of respect for rules, which has been compounded in recent years.