| Last updated: 14 May, 2009
Crime at Britain’s petrol service stations fell by eight per cent to £29.9 million in 2008, reversing a 13 per cent increase in estimated losses suffered by forecourt retailers in Britain during the previous year (2007) according to the latest forecourt crime statistics from BOSS – the British Oil Security Syndicate. The annual BOSS survey of crime at Britain’s 9,283 service stations put total losses during 2008 at £29.9 million [2007: £32.5 million]. Driving off without paying and incidents of motorists who do not return to pay after claiming to have ‘no means of payment’ accounted for 88 per cent of losses and amounted to £26.3 million, 8.4 per cent down on 2007. This reduction was achieved despite a backdrop of 16 per cent higher average fuel prices than in 2007. |
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