SINGAPORE, Feb. 17 -- Shoplifting and voyeurism cases surged in 2024, according to the latest statistics from the Singapore Police Force (SPF), released on February 17.
Shop theft incidents reached 4,237 cases last year, marking a 7.6 per cent increase from 3,939 in 2023, and a sharp rise from 2,652 cases in 2021, according to a report published in Channel News Asia today.
Shoplifting now accounts for 21.2 per cent of all physical crime in the city-state.
Despite the rise in shop thefts, the total number of physical crime cases remained stable in 2024, with 19,969 reported, slightly down from 19,966 in the previous year.
Shoplifting was flagged by the police as one of the top three crimes of concern, alongside voyeurism and molestation....