Shoplifting Trends: What You Need to Know Methodology - NATIONAL INCIDENT-BASED REPORTING SYSTEM DATA

Figure 7: Selection of the three largest cities that experienced shoplifting increases from the first half of 2019 and the relative change in property crime from January 2018. [...] EXAMINING CRIMES THAT CO-OCCUR WITH SHOPLIFTING As noted above, the number of shoplifting incidents presented in Figure 8 is smaller than the number of incidents presented in Table 1 due to limitations of NIBRS data related to co-occurring crimes. [...] ESTIMATING THE VALUE OF SHOPLIFTED GOODS The number of shoplifting incidents presented in Figure 8 is smaller than the number of incidents presented in Table 1 due to limitations of NIBRS data (see above for NIBRS sample details). [...] For instance, if a person shoplifted a watch from a store but also robbed a customer, the value of the goods is associated with the incident rather than the shoplifting and the robbery. [...] Percent of Unknown Number of Offenders by City Size The increase in the number of unknown offenders may have resulted more individuals involved in the shoplifting incident, although that remains unclear.