Written Question·Home Office·UIN 77922

Anti-social Behaviour and Shoplifting: Tourism

Tabled: 16 September 2025
Answered: 13 October 2025

Question

Anna Gelderd

LabourSouth East Cornwall

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of seasonal visitor surges on levels of (a) shop theft and (b) antisocial behaviour in rural and coastal constituencies.

Answer

Sarah Jones
This Government recognises the great harm and misery that anti-social behaviour (ASB) and shop theft causes our communities, including during seasonal visitor peaks in coastal and rural areas.That is why tackling anti-social behaviour and shop theft are t...

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