A record 670 shoplifting crimes a day went unsolved in the last year - as shop staff brace for a “ Christmas crime wave”. Some 245,500 shoplifting cases were closed without a suspect being identified in the year to March 2024, damning research by the Liberal Democrats shows. This is equivalent to an average of 672 a day and a staggering 38% rise from the 178,432 shoplifting offences that went unsolved in the same period five years ago. Overall, more than half (56.4%) of shoplifting offences