Shoplifting Statistics?

Question

I've heard that white people shoplift more than other races... does anyone know the statistics?

Answer 1

Most statistics are broken down by age group not by race, with those between 13 and 17 guilty of over 25% of shoplifting charges.

Answer 2

I don't know about that, but theft occurs more (or the $ amount stolen is larger, cant remember) by employees than customers.

Answer 3

wow...that's scary..never would have crossed my mind...

Answer 4

You will have to compile statistics on a state by state basis.  There are not any national statistics kept on this crime.  The easiest place to start would be your home state.  Just Google your state name and "crime statistics" and search through them for theft.  It is possible that there is not any sort of specific delineation between the different types of theft so there may not even be any stats there.  

From personal experience when I was a cop, the shoplifters I arrested tended to be white teenagers, and usually girls.  

You also need to look at rates and not hard numbers.  Since blacks or hispanics only make up around 12-15% of the population, you would expect to see fewer in hard numbers than whites.

Good luck!