Policy paper

Fighting retail crime: more action

The government's plan to further reduce retail crime, building on the Retail Crime Action Plan announced in October 2023.

From:
Home Office, The Rt Hon James Cleverly MP, and The Rt Hon Chris Philp MP
Published
10 April 2024

Documents

Fighting retail crime: more action (accessible)

HTML

Fighting retail crime: more action

PDF, 310 KB, 23 pages

This file may not be suitable for users of assistive technology.

Request an accessible format.
If you use assistive technology (such as a screen reader) and need a version of this document in a more accessible format, please email alternativeformats@homeoffice.gov.uk. Please tell us what format you need. It will help us if you say what assistive technology you use.

Details

This plan builds on the Retail Crime Action Plan with 5 themes to prevent retail crime:

  • creating a new offence of assaulting a retail worker
  • expanding the use of electronic monitoring for frequent shoplifters
  • using new technologies to prevent and detect retail crime
  • designing out crime, to reduce opportunities to steal and sell stolen goods
  • making it easier to report crime and share information between businesses and police
Published 10 April 2024