LAS VEGAS (KSNV) — Las Vegas police report a steady rise in shoplifting cases year over year, but arrests are also up.
Statistics from Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department reveal 5,072 reported shoplifting crimes up until September 7 compared to 4,562 at the same time in 2024. While shoplifting is up, so are arrests in 2025 with 1,988 compared to 1,711 a year ago.
“We’ve really put an emphasis on reporting all the thefts, so that way we can start seeing trends and MO’s and start identifying suspects who we know are linked to more than just one,” Capt. Noel Roberts with the theft crimes bureau said. “It’s really just one big working relationship and sharing of information and I think because of that, the retail establishments are more eager to want to report it, because they see that there’s something being done that, we’re not just turning a blind eye because maybe this item doesn’t meet a threshold.”…