00:00A police drive to tackle shoplifting has put Teesside at top of the country.
00:05For solving thefts, according to a senior officer, Cleveland Police is currently solving
00:10around a third of shop thefts, around 10% above the national average.
00:15A meeting of the Safer Stockton Partnership heard.
00:19Officers charged
00:20two people with a total of 53 shoplifting offences over two days.
00:25December 2025.
00:27Superintendent Alan O'Donoghue, District Command
00:30for Stockton and strategic lead for retail crime, said police had spoken to businesses
00:35across Teesside to understand their concerns and the impact of crime on livelihoods.
00:40He said,
00:41We have seen impact retail crime is having.
00:45We have seen impact retail crime.
00:46We have seen this last write-up for anything that has been happening out there.
00:49We are now facing three cases.
00:50We are currently making a set-up for some of the most vulnerable sections.
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00:55We haven't seen a lot of them lately.
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01:03We've seen it all in the past.
01:05We've seen a lot of them.
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