Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the economic cost of retail crime in each of the last five years; and if she will make a statement.

The economic and social costs of crime research report which was published by the Home Office in July 2018 gives an estimate of the cost of commercial crime at £8.7bn.

These estimates are based on data from the Home Office Commercial Victimisation Survey and based on several sectors including the Wholesale & Retail sector. Data are based on the survey years 2012 to 2015 but are not broken down further to allow to make an estimate of the costs of retail crime in isolation.

Further information on the report can be found on: https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/732110/the-economic-and-social-costs-of-crime-horr99.pdf