I think we are in a bad place at the moment with Theft in the UK.
- "Porch Pirates" are becoming a real problem now with parcel theft from houses. It seems to have become the norm now since COVID lockdowns for couriers to just dump parcels anywhere in the vicinity of the property and so long as they took a picture, it's "delivered".
- We have record levels of shoplifting and people not scanning things at self checkouts, or simply walking out with stuff. Our local Tesco express has issues where the staff are told to let them go and not confront them. It happens daily.
- We have a problem in our area with a gang of people that go around at night trying car doors down all the streets, after quick wins where the cars have been left unlocked. These are caught on Doorbell cams all the time.
- We have keyless car theft at an all time high. In the video series below, they look at why Range Rovers are now becoming impossible to insure. Quotes of £25000 to insure them. Jaguar Land Rover have recalled loads to "fix" the security issue. Land Rover values are predicted to tank. At one point supposedly 90 a week were being stolen in London.
All of these have one thing in common. Very little is being done to combat it. The Police near me have been given names and addresses of individuals involved in local thefts and nothing seems to be done. Police are given the locations of some of the cars being stolen and they do not have the resource to pay sites the visit. Years of police cuts seem to have damaged the UK now because thieves have the confidence to commit these crimes without much fear into any consequences.
Where do we go from here?
- "Porch Pirates" are becoming a real problem now with parcel theft from houses. It seems to have become the norm now since COVID lockdowns for couriers to just dump parcels anywhere in the vicinity of the property and so long as they took a picture, it's "delivered".
- We have record levels of shoplifting and people not scanning things at self checkouts, or simply walking out with stuff. Our local Tesco express has issues where the staff are told to let them go and not confront them. It happens daily.
- We have a problem in our area with a gang of people that go around at night trying car doors down all the streets, after quick wins where the cars have been left unlocked. These are caught on Doorbell cams all the time.
- We have keyless car theft at an all time high. In the video series below, they look at why Range Rovers are now becoming impossible to insure. Quotes of £25000 to insure them. Jaguar Land Rover have recalled loads to "fix" the security issue. Land Rover values are predicted to tank. At one point supposedly 90 a week were being stolen in London.
All of these have one thing in common. Very little is being done to combat it. The Police near me have been given names and addresses of individuals involved in local thefts and nothing seems to be done. Police are given the locations of some of the cars being stolen and they do not have the resource to pay sites the visit. Years of police cuts seem to have damaged the UK now because thieves have the confidence to commit these crimes without much fear into any consequences.
Where do we go from here?
