The Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) and the Coalition Against Crime hope the campaign will draw attention to the under-reporting of crime against businesses. It worries that many business owners do not report low level crime – such as verbal harassment – believing the police will not take it seriously.
According to the FSB’s statistics, a fifth of all crime in the UK is committed against business but only one in eight incidences is reported.
It argues that police forces’ records on tackling crime against business should be included in police assessments.
David Croucher-Jones of the FSB said: “It is mystifying that such a large proportion of crime in this country can go almost unnoticed.
“The Every Crime Every Time Campaign is an effort to make the voices of small business owners heard about the crime they are victims of and to get police forces and the Government to listen.”
