Announced today: a further crackdown on retail crime, including a new standalone offence of assaulting a retail worker, more tagging of prolific shoplifters and a ramp-up in the use of facial recognition to find wanted criminals

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Preventing violence against women & girls is a massive part of our work. Proud to be out in #Beckenham & see this poster The George Inn Beckenham Together Metropolitan Police

#everyonehasaparttoplay

Do you recognise this man?

We are appealing for information following two rape offences which took place in #Westminster and #Shoreditch .

☎️| Contact 101 quoting CAD 6163/26MAR24.

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Did you know the police-recorded number of shoplifting instances last year in England and Wales was 1.7 million?

And we aim to lower that number. We want everyone in the UK to have safer shopping areas and experiences.

#saferbusinesses #shoppingsafe #networking #ukbusinesses

We continue to target the illegal 'gamblers' on Westminster Bridge. Over the past week we have secured various video footage of the offending & have identified 4 suspects. We are now in the process of building the case files before seeking to make arrests & charge to court

A successful SaBA day on Oxford, Regent & Bond St with New West End Co.🌟 30+ businesses engaged, arrests made, fines issued. Met Police, BTP, TFL inspectors, FGH, SBN, TSS Security, & MOPAC, joined forces for high street safety. Visible unity & crime prevention in action!

As part of OP SaBa local officers joined the safer business meeting at The Hub, working in collaboration to understand the crimes which affect businesses This is Clapham Safer Business Network

It’s time for spiking to go.

That is why we have taken our #WAVE programme online - our eLearning Welfare and Vulnerability Engagement (WAVE) programme is now live.

Together we can make a real difference to help put an #endtospiking .

#signup #joinus #elearning #training #safe

Our #success comes down to our incredible #partners . It is that simple.

We work with #smallbusinesses , large retailers, police services, the #NHS , and #PremierLeagueFootball teams. But we want you to #joinus to create even more safe #UKcommunities . Interested?
#getintouch

Our tried and tested model works to keep #businesscommunities safer!

It’s why we have been using it for more than a decade.

#Joinus in making a #positiveimpact in communities throughout the #UK .

#informationsharing #intelligencemanagement #workingpartnerships #reducingcrime

We love a bit of #goodnews !

70% of businesses reported feeling safer in a 2023 Safer Business Network staff safety survey analysis.

We’re thrilled to know that our work is having a #positiveimpact .

#crimereduction #saferbusinesses #staffsafety #keepingupthegoodwork

#Crimereporting has direct, positive impacts on businesses and communities. The results that come from collaborative efforts can have an incredible effect on our #localcommunities , helping to make them safer and more inviting for businesses, staff, and shoppers.
#goodnews #safety

There’s only three days left until the Women’s Night Safety Charter at the Hurlingham Club, London. It is the first time it’s open to non-signatories which is big news!
So, join us in making the night time safer for all women.

#safety #nighttime #womenssafety #charter #signup

Next session ‘Using data and intelligence to fight (organised) crime’ by Adam Ratcliffe, Operations Director - Safer Business Network!

#OSPAs

A sad but true statement our members tell us daily. By being part of the ⁦⁦@METPolice Retail Harm Reduction Group we are making change.

⁦The British Retail Consortium⁩ ⁦NBCC - National Business Crime Centre⁩

Abuse and attacks on UK shop workers rises to 1,300 incidents a day bbc.co.uk/news/business-…

Did you know?

According to a survey conducted by the British Retail Consortium the cost of retail crime in the UK is estimated to be £1.76 billion per year.

The British Retail Consortium
#RetailCrimeUK #CrimePrevention #RetailStats #UKRetail #saferbusinesses #lossprevention #sbn #brc

Spiking is an awful crime and we want it to stop. In collaboration with LicensingSAVI Night Time Industries Association Stamp Out Spiking we are making progress toward putting an end to spiking in the UK.

#cutitout #stampoutspiking #legislationchange #makingprogress #endspikingintheuk

Infrastructure crime comes at a high cost bringing increased prices and more service disruptions. We are honoured to be in collaboration with the @NICRP to help reduce these costs for consumers throughout the UK.

#saferbusiness #reducecrime #reducecosts #partnership #collaborate

Great to be out around #WestEnd working uniform and plain clothes with the security teams LW Theatres Nimax Theatres and Criterion Theatre. Great night out and extra eyes and ears to keep London safe. #ACT