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Podcast: Canterbury Mornings with John MacDonald
Episode: John MacDonald: Retail crime statistics don't tell the whole story
Description: Have you ever nicked anything from a shop before? The reason I ask, is this news out today about retail crime going through the roof. Let’s start with the numbers, which have been obtained and released by the National Party. Overall, the rate of retail crime increased last year by 39 percent. Break that down to a day-by-day number, and every day last year the police received nearly 300 calls about stuff being nicked from shops and other retail outlets. The exact average number is 292. When I first heard these nu...