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Shoplifting
Issued 16 June 2026
Priority action will be updated every three months
Actioned 16 June 2026
Shoplifting - Windsor Road
Issued 16 March 2026
PCSO’s have reduced the time it takes for CCTV to be obtained for Officers to be able to ID the offenders.
PCSO’s have been working along side MRS Communications to set up a new scheme called shopnet. This scheme links all the Penarth business including the Police to a radio system to communicate between one another to tackle shoplifting.
We will carry on with regular meetings with the local shops.
Actioned 16 June 2026
Shoplifting - Windsor Road
Issued 15 December 2025
Regular meetings with shop managers to encourage reporting to South Wales Police via 101.
In March we are hosting the first Business Watch meeting with the Vale Council to encourage open conversations relating to shoplifting.
Weekly ward walks with The newly appointed Council Warden are taking place to check-in on the local businesses.
There is an Operation in place to tackle shoplifting. This will include plain clothes operations and hi-visibility patrols.
Actioned 16 March 2026
Shoplifting - Windsor Road
Issued 15 September 2025
We have carried out high-visibility patrols in identified areas and also conducted plain-clothes operations to target offenders. We have engaged with publicans encouraging them to enlist in the Pubwatch scheme to help reduce ASB.
Actioned 15 December 2025