'Shoplifters will take anything': Life in a theft hotspot - BBC

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1 day agoSarah-May Buccieriin GrimsbyBBCKathryn Dawe runs The A World UK store in Grimsby, which supports people with autismAs I enter a shop on Grimsby's High Street, I feel watched. Partly by the keen eye of the shopkeeper but also thanks to the presence of numerous CCTV cameras perched in each corner. The owner tells me he sees shoplifting every day. I'm on Victoria Street West, which is a hotspot for shop thefts. Figures also show there are 15. 7 incidents of shoplifting per 1,000 people in the local authority area.

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