Crime vulnerability in trade is high. This is shown by the Swedish Trade Security Barometer for the fourth quarter of 2024, which was published in mid -January.
Although many stores are exposed to, for example, theft, only 43 percent of the responding stores state that they have prepared a police report.
– It is serious that such a large proportion of the thefts never reach the legal system. If we do not report the crimes, we also do not get a fair view of the scope of the problem, which makes it difficult to make both law enforcement and preventive work, says Nina JelverSecurity Manager at Svensk Handel, I a press release.
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Ica Skogsbacken exposed to theft wave
A store that has seen the thefts escalate lately is ICA Skogsbacken, which Mitti Be the first to report. The store is located at Näckrosen’s subway station in Stockholm and during January has been hit by a theft wave.
According to the store manager, it is mainly meat that is stolen, but also goods such as salmon and parmesan seem to attract the thieves. However, it is not the thefts that worry the most.
– Last week there was a guy who got peeled and got a blue. He and others in the staff have also been threatened with murder. The goods are really shit the same, I do not want the staff to feel insecure in their workplace, explains the store manager for DN.
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ICA staff: Open subway barriers affect
The ICA store believes that the thefts, and the threatening situations, increased when in mid-December they decided to open the barriers at a nearby metro station.
Personnel have witnessed how several thieves, after the thefts in the store, ran into the subway to throw themselves on a train or disappear into a crowd with travelers.
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But Claes Keisupress officer at the Traffic Administration, does not think that any hasty conclusions should be drawn about a possible connection between the open latches and the thefts in the store.
– Admittedly, the latches may constitute an obstacle, but anyone who is motivated to escape into the subway can get past or over the barriers in seconds, he tells DN and at the same time states that they did not notice that the security cases at the station would have increased lately .
The ICA store has bought lockable meat cold
At Ica Skogsbacken you are now trying to curb the theft wave. It has therefore been purchased a lockable meat cooler, hired guards and also plan to install an entrance solution that will prevent thieves from running out of the shop with theft.
– The rumor has been that it is easy to turn here. Now we will put a stop to that rumor. For my part, the trial with the barriers in the subway may be happy to continue, but then we want to see more security guards in place, says the store manager to DN.
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