All Crime articles – Page 42

  • Features and analysis

    Police seek witnesses after murder

    2006-01-13T00:00:00Z

    The Metropolitan Police are calling for witnesses to come forward after a c-store owner was found dead in his London store on Thursday, January 5.

  • Features and analysis

    Yob culture fuels crime

    2005-12-02T00:00:00Z

    Retailers say yob culture is the biggest reason for crime in today’s society, according to a new survey.

  • Features and analysis

    Crime

    2005-12-02T00:00:00Z

    A c-store customer was left seriously injured after trying to tackle two armed robbers at a store in Shropshire.

  • Features and analysis

    Co-op opens crime clinic

    2005-12-02T00:00:00Z

    Southern Co-operative is to launch a drop-in centre above one of its c-stores in West Sussex to help locals voice concerns about anti-social behaviour.

  • Features and analysis

    Crime

    2005-11-18T00:00:00Z

    * A Berkshire retailer is recovering after being stabbed during a vicious attack.

  • Features and analysis

    C-stores lead crime fight

    2005-11-04T00:00:00Z

    Latest statistics show crime is still increasing. However, c-stores are leading the way in bucking this trend

  • Features and analysis

    crime

    2005-11-04T00:00:00Z

    A West Yorkshire-based c-store manager was hit around the head and face with a gun during a robbery at his store.

  • Features and analysis

    crime

    2005-10-21T00:00:00Z

    * A masked gunman opened fire on a sales assistant at a North East c-store while his female getaway driver waited outside.

  • Features and analysis

    crime

    2005-10-07T00:00:00Z

    A Birmingham-based c-store owner and his wife received screwdriver stab wounds to the face as they beat off armed raiders.

  • Features and analysis

    Bid to heal crime scars

    2005-10-07T00:00:00Z

    A campaign has been launched by the British Retail Consortium to push retail crime higher up the political agenda.

  • Features and analysis

    Crime

    2005-09-23T00:00:00Z

    Police have praised the actions of a 75-year-old woman from West Yorkshire who refused to be intimidated by a knife-wielding robber.

  • Features and analysis

    Crime

    2005-09-09T00:00:00Z

    * A Derby-based convenience store manager-owner was told he would be killed unless he handed over cash from his store’s till.

  • News

    Sainsbury’s stores unite against crime

    2005-09-09T00:00:00Z

    Sainsbury’s at Jacksons and Sainsbury’s at Bells are to pool their security resources to combat crime across their stores and Sainsbury’s Locals in the Midlands and North East.

  • Features and analysis

    Crime

    2005-08-26T00:00:00Z

    A teenage c-store worker in Leicestershire was forced to the ground and grabbed around the neck during an attempted robbery.

  • Dear Jac

    Dear Jac: Here’s a scam masquerading as a worthy police campaign.

    2005-08-26T00:00:00Z

    This is the old familiar drugs awareness publication aimed at schools. Peter Smith, who runs Sutton Benger Post Office near Chippenham in Wiltshire, was approached a year or so ago by a rep selling space on behalf of Wiltshire Police for a booklet to be circulated to schools to prevent ...

  • Features and analysis

    NFRN call for more action on crime

    2005-08-26T00:00:00Z

    The National Federation of Retail Newsagents (NFRN) has called on the government to do more to protect small businesses after a survey showed that 28% of small stores had suffered at least one crime.

  • Features and analysis

    Shoplifters more likely to be male

    2005-08-12T00:00:00Z

    Men are more likely than women to shoplift and put their hand in the till, according to new research.

  • Features and analysis

    Crime

    2005-08-12T00:00:00Z

    Staff at a Warwickshire c-store had to be rescued by police after they were left locked in a storeroom overnight by armed robbers.

  • Features and analysis

    Crime toll hits small businesses

    2005-08-12T00:00:00Z

    The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) has repeated its call to the government to make business crime a key performance indicator for police, after a new report found that 58% of small businesses fall victim to criminal activity each year.

  • Features and analysis

    New focus on retail crime

    2005-07-15T00:00:00Z

    Home Office minister Hazel Blears has backed C-Store’s Zero Tolerance anti-crime campaign.