Francesca Rudkin: Are we really doing enough to tackle retail crime?

Some good news and some not-so-good news for retail crime.

Let’s start with the good news – it’s Monday after all.

Police data reveals that the figures are down for burglaries in Auckland.

They are also down for abductions.

Oliver Hartwich: Beating crime with evidence-based policies

Taking an unusual step, Foodstuffs North Island addressed the escalating retail crime rate in the country in a media release this week.

The retailer reported an increase of 38% in retail crime incidents between February and April 2023 compared to the same period last year. Shoplifting alone saw a staggering rise of 57% over the past 12 months.

Point of Order: Govt has a busy day dishing out funding to causes it deems appropriate.....

....but a fog shrouds crime-fighting costs

Biggish lumps of money featured in each of four announcements posted on the Beehive website, since Point of Order last checked on what our hard-working and big-spending ministers are doing.

The government will spend