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The annual number of thefts in supermarkets reached the highest value in 2023. The Porto County was the one that registered the most occurrences. Still, this North District is one of the ones that have come down the number of such complaints.
Em 2023registered 1879 Thefts in supermarkets.
According to data from the Justice Statistics Information System (SIEJ), available since 2015, it was a record.
The figures, released this Wednesday by (JN), reveal that the districts of Lisbon and Porto add up to 58% of cases this year.
Still, the Porto stands out with 594 thefts. It was 97 more than in all the Lisbon counties together: Lisbon (238), Lisbon West (185) and Lisbon Norte (74).
Despite this indicator, curiously, the Porto District It is one of those who have the most the number of complaints of crimes descended Since 2015.
For its turn, in Faro, Beja, Évora, Setúbal, Santarém, Leiria, Castelo Branco, Aveiro, Braga and Viana do Castelo, the number of crimes has increased over the nine years. Finally, Coimbra, Viseu, Vila Real and Bragança in which thefts have been varied: “Now they go up, sometimes they come down.”
In 2023, the district of Faro He took third place in terms of crimes: 11%.
As JN details, the second year with the most theft in supermarkets was 2016, with 1726 cases.
On the contrary, 2021 e 2020 It was the years when there was less complaintsmost likely due to pandemia. There were 1201 and 1402 complaints, respectively.
Speaking to Jornal de Notícias, the Portuguese Association of Distribution Companies devalued this criminal phenomenon.
“The theme has no expression in our retailersthat is, it has not been a special concern and there has been no extra cautions about Dossier, as well as ensuring the safety of customers, ”said the director general of the Portuguese Association of Distribution Companies, Gonçalo Lobo Xavier.
