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Coles to shut store on crime-stricken Melbourne CBD street
In 2025, 95,181 criminal incidents in retail locations were recorded in the state, a 25.7 per cent increase over the pas...
Operation Pulse: Police surpass 1000 arrest mark in retail crime crackdown
The operation received a further $6.5 million investment in March to extend it to the end of the year.
Retail crime and the price of justification in 2026
Examining the cultural, rather than criminal, story of retail crime and what it signals for 2026.
Every five minutes: The harsh reality of Victoria’s retail crime wave
Retail offences in the state jumped 11.2 per cent during the year ended September.
Will Victoria’s bold new retail crime sentences work?
The state’s crackdown introduces 25-year prison terms as incidents rise more than 20 per cent in a year.
Inside the changing ethics behind retail’s crime epidemic
More than a quarter of consumers viewed overt retail theft as “a little to completely justifiable".
Victorian police smash shoplifting syndicate, arrest 19
The arrested individuals stole about $10 million worth of high-demand products over five months.
