All Crime articles – Page 42
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Features and analysis
Police seek witnesses after murder
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.
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Yob culture fuels crime
Retailers say yob culture is the biggest reason for crime in today’s society, according to a new survey.
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A c-store customer was left seriously injured after trying to tackle two armed robbers at a store in Shropshire.
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Co-op opens crime clinic
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.
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* A Berkshire retailer is recovering after being stabbed during a vicious attack.
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C-stores lead crime fight
Latest statistics show crime is still increasing. However, c-stores are leading the way in bucking this trend
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A West Yorkshire-based c-store manager was hit around the head and face with a gun during a robbery at his store.
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* A masked gunman opened fire on a sales assistant at a North East c-store while his female getaway driver waited outside.
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A Birmingham-based c-store owner and his wife received screwdriver stab wounds to the face as they beat off armed raiders.
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Bid to heal crime scars
A campaign has been launched by the British Retail Consortium to push retail crime higher up the political agenda.
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Police have praised the actions of a 75-year-old woman from West Yorkshire who refused to be intimidated by a knife-wielding robber.
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* A Derby-based convenience store manager-owner was told he would be killed unless he handed over cash from his store’s till.
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Sainsbury’s stores unite against crime
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.
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A teenage c-store worker in Leicestershire was forced to the ground and grabbed around the neck during an attempted robbery.
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Dear Jac
Dear Jac: Here’s a scam masquerading as a worthy police campaign.
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 ...
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NFRN call for more action on crime
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.
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Shoplifters more likely to be male
Men are more likely than women to shoplift and put their hand in the till, according to new research.
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Staff at a Warwickshire c-store had to be rescued by police after they were left locked in a storeroom overnight by armed robbers.
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Crime toll hits small businesses
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.
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New focus on retail crime
Home Office minister Hazel Blears has backed C-Store’s Zero Tolerance anti-crime campaign.