Revealed: The most common crimes committed in pharmacies

Pharmacies endured a staggering 5,011 incidents of theft or shoplifting last year alone, according to reports C+D obtained from police forces in England, Wales, and Northern Ireland. 

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32 police authorities in England, Wales and NI provided data to C+D for crimes committed in 2021

According to C+D’s investigation, theft and shoplifting featured heavily in the total number of crimes reported in pharmacies in 2021*.

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