I have pledged to continue his campaign to help retailers and shopworkers in their daily struggle against retail crime and violence following figures from the Association of Convenience Stores (ACS) showing the cost of retail crime to Delyn.
ACS figures show that local shops in Delyn are estimated to have lost £160,211 to shop thieves last year.
But this is about more than lost revenue; shop theft is the number one trigger for violence against shopworkers. ACS estimate that there were almost 10,000 incidents of violence against people working in local shops, 41% of these resulted in the injury of staff. 83% of staff in convenience stores also reported they have experienced verbal abuse at work.
The estimated cost to the convenience sector was £246million last year, equivalent to a 7p crime tax on every transaction. Read more “7p crime tax”