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Just 2.5pc of reported retail crimes end in arrests

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Wed, 2 Aug 2023, 7:28am
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Just 2.5pc of reported retail crimes end in arrests

Author
九一星空无限talk ZB,
Publish Date
Wed, 2 Aug 2023, 7:28am

As retail crime continues to surge, most offenders appear to be getting away scot-free.

Latest Police figures released to the Dairy and Business Owners Group show a record 125,000 retail crime offences were reported last year - a number likely to be surpassed this year.

Only about 2.3 percent of those reports are resulting in arrests.

Dairy and Business Owners Group Chair Sunny Kaushal told Mike Hosking that compares to about 50-percent of reports back in 2015.

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