Crime against retail and manufacturing premises
The Home Office published a summary report on the findings
from the 2002 Commercial Victimisation Survey (CVS) on 26th November
2004 (Crime against retail and manufacturing premises:
Findings from the 2002 Commercial Victimisation Survey). This is
the first Government national survey of crime against manufacturers
and retailers in England and Wales since 1994. Findings
include:
- Three-quarters of retailers and a half of manufacturers
experienced at least one crime in the previous year.
- The smallest retailers and manufacturers were least likely to
have experienced both property crime and violent crime, with the
largest businesses (those with 50 or more employees) at greater
risk. However, this is to be expected, as the number of potential
crime targets (and thus potential gain for the criminal) are
increased in larger premises.
- The CVS shows that crime against retailers and manufacturers was
lower in 2002 compared with 1993. This finding is consistent with
the British Crime Survey (BCS), which shows that crime against
adults living in private households has fallen steadily since the
mid 1990s.
The
full report can be viewed on the
Home
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