SHOPLIFTING is rocketing as the cost-of-living crisis pushes desperate people into stealing.
Crime statistics published by the Scottish Government show 24,877 incidents were logged by police in the 12 months ending in June this year - up 18 per cent on the previous year.
The figures, uncovered by 1919 magazine, are the equivalent to 68 thefts a day and buck a longer-term trend of decline - the annual figure had been falling year-on-year since 2018 when 32,122 crimes were recorded.
Pete Cheema, chief executive of the Scottish Grocers' Federation, said it could be "no coincidence that thefts were increasing at the same time food and energy costs were soaring.
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