The firm is currently revisiting the data to see how UK Business crime has changed over the course of the last year.
Key Findings include:
• There are up to 3.8 million incidents of business crime each year
• Around 50% of small firms have been a victim of business crime in the last 2 years
• The annual cost of UK business crime is an estimated £12,9 billion
• Robbery and burglary was the most reported type of business related crime
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• There were 284,622 incidents of shoplifting over the course of last year
• Cyber-crime against businesses is now the third most popular business crime
• 38% of small firms say the 'lack confidence in police response' and therefore did not report a crime
Crime rates by area
• According to the Office for National Statistics there were a total of 4,961,284 recorded criminal incidents over the last year in England and Wales
• London accounted around 827,322 of those recorded incidents
• The South East recorded the second most incidents with over 690,000 incidents of crime
• The North West was third with around 670,000 incidents with over 270,000 of those coming from the Greater Manchester area
• The North East of England had the fewest number of recorded incidents at just over 260,000
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