Knife & gun crimes, robberies & shoplifting have ALL skyrocketed as lawless Britain laid bare
KNIFE and gun crimes, robbery and thefts are all rising in lawless Britain.
And the shoplifting epidemic is at its worst for 20 years.
Figures show almost 1,200 cases of shop thefts being reported every day — up by a third in a year.
Last year there were 430,104 shoplifting cases reported, up from 315,040 in 2022 and the highest since records began in 2003.
Annual crime figures from the Office for National Statistics show that thefts rose by 18 per cent to 125,563 and robberies increased 13 per cent to 81,094.
Gun crimes rose nine per cent to 6,367 and knife crime was up seven per cent to 49,489.
But the homicide rate fell six per cent, with 577 compared with 616 in 2022.
The Lib Dem home affairs spokesman Alistair Carmichael said: “Britain has gone from a nation of shopkeepers to one plagued by shoplifters.”
Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper said: “These shocking figures show the scale of Conservative failure on law and order.”
Home Secretary James Cleverly has told police to attend every shoplifting case.
He said: “We take it very seriously, crime is crime.”