EXCLUSIVE: While Britain continues to be hit hard by the cost of living crisis, more and more people are resorting to shoplifting, resulting in more offenders being jailed View 4 Images Shoplifting is on the rise in the UK, and police are cracking down harder than ever before (stock) (Image: Getty Images/iStockphoto)

The number of shoplifters being caged has surged and they’re going behind bars for longer, an exclusive Daily Star Sunday investigation has revealed. ‌

The fightback against Britain’s shoplifting epidemic was uncovered following a series of Freedom of Information requests by the Reach Data Unit. ‌

Our investigators discovered there were a whopping 44,300 convictions for theft-related crimes from shops in the year ending June 2025. That’s ratcheted up from

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