Statistics
Customer theft £1,692 M Employee theft £1,485 M
Source: BRC 2008
A 2008 report from Royal & SunAlliance claimed that 24 million people have stolen
workplace property or exaggerated their expense claims.
Estimated cost of crime to retail sector in 07/08 was over £1 billion despite retail
businesses investing £4.3 billion in crime prevention since 2000
Source: BRC, Crime survey October 2008
Retail sector violent incidents rose 11% between 2007 and 2008
Source: The Cooperative movement, Retail Crime Survey, 2008
Retailers experienced highest number of crimes amongst all business sectors in 2008
Source: BCC 2008
Shoplifting accounts for 42% of shrinkage losses
Source: Global Retail Theft Barometer
Shoplifting in Scotland rose by 2% from 06/07 to 07/08 whilst all other crime was
down by 10%
according to recorded crime in Scotland published figures September
2009
National Survey of Retail Crime & Security found that total shrinkage was equivalent
to 24.1% of profit. It also found that employee theft accounts for 29% of all losses
in multiples and 36% of losses within large multiples.
BDO's research also reveals that businesses are losing more than ever at the hands
of their own workers, with the cost of employee fraud soaring by 200% since 2003.