BBC Wales has found thatĀ Llanelli’s Asda store had the most shoplifting offences (280) in the Dyfed Powys Police Area!
BBC Wales obtained the figures through Freedom of Information (FoI) requests. Their figures also show that food is the most shoplifted item in every area of Wales.
The statistics on the worst-hit stores throughout Wales show:
- In the North Wales Police area, Asda stores at Wrexham, Llandudno and Kinmel Bay have the most shoplifting offences. Three Tescos are also in the top 10
- In Dyfed-Powys force area, Llanelli’s Asda store had the most offences (280). Five Tescos also feature in this top 10
- In the South Wales Police area, Boots stores in The Quadrant, Swansea, (308) and Queen Street, Cardiff, (307) topped the list
- In Gwent, Asda was again the most shoplifted store, with the Newport branch (124 offences) at the top. Morrisons at Caerphilly, Newport and Ebbw Vale were also in the top 10.
In a statement, an Asda spokesperson said:
“Our total customer numbers for the stores you list have been around the 10m mark so as you can see this is a minute fraction (around 0.005%) of the people who visited our stores during this period.
“That said we do take shoplifting very seriously and work with police and crime squads to bring this figure down even further and allow us to continue to offer the low prices that customers expect from Asda.
“That’s probably one of the reasons why it looks like we have ‘the most shoplifting offences’ – we’re just good at catching it and reporting it.”
For more of the story and source see BBC Wales News.
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