In California in 2020, when Covid-19 lockdowns and restrictions were at their harshest, the rates of robbery and larceny theft – which includes shoplifting – decreased from their 2019 totals by 14% and 15% respectively, according to California’s attorney general. What are the broader trends in crime and retail theft in the region? In Los Angeles, more than $330,000 in goods were stolen in 11 “smash and grab” incidents over about two weeks. In suburban Walnut Creek, about 80 people, some wearing ski masks and carrying crowbars, grabbed armfuls of merchandise from a Nordstrom and fled to waiting cars in what police called a “planned event”, and a similar incident occurred at a mall in the nearby city of Hayward. Last month in San Francisco’s downtown and the posh Union Square shopping district, groups broke into Louis Vuitton, Burberry and Bloomingdale’s at the height of the holiday shopping season. What are the “smash and grab” robberies that police and retailers have been reporting?
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