2023 Crime Guidance
ACS' Crime Guidance aims to support convenience retailers in assessing and managing the crime threats that their businesses face. The guidance focuses on how to mitigate crimes including robbery, violence and verbal abuse, internal theft, cyber crime, and how to report a crime to the police.
DOWNLOAD THE 2023 CRIME GUIDANCE HERE
Crime Animation
ACS has launched a new animation to help retailers and their staff manage and prevent violence and abuse in stores.
The animation provides tips and guidance for people working in stores to ensure that they stay safe in the workplace and do everything they can to prevent violent and abusive situations from happening.
GroceryAid Helpline
GroceryAid offers a free Helpline to anyone working in the grocery sector who requires emotional support and practical advice. One key area of support provided is assistance for traumatic incidents, when somebody has experienced or witnessed a distressing event such as violence and verbal abuse in-store. Retailers and store colleagues can access specialised counsellors to help process the emotional impact of such events.
The Helpline is open 24/7, 365 days a year on Freephone 08088 021 122 and can also be found online where there is the option to Live Chat with an adviser.
More information about the Helpline is available here. To find out more about services that GroceryAid provides to convenience retailers and staff that work in convenience stores, click here
Advice when phoning police in an emergency 
The National Business Crime Centre have issued advice to businesses and private security staff about how to report a crime to police over the telephone in an emergency. For more information is available here.
Impact Statements for Business – guidance
Under the Victims’ Code, all businesses or enterprises (such as charities) that have had criminal offences committed against them are entitled to make an Impact Statement for Business (ISB) to set out how the offence(s) have affected the business. This document provides additional guidance for businesses that wish to make an ISB.
Knife Crime
The Metropolitan Police Service, National Business Crime Centre (NBCC), Trading Standards and Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime (London) have produced a range of training resources to help reduce the theft and underage sales of knives in an effort to tackle violent crime. The resources are available on the NBCC website www.nbcc.police.uk/knifeguidance
Please take a look and see how you can protect your community, your business and yourself.
