Statistics on Stealing
SHOPLIFTING
- U.S. retailers lose about $35 billion in stolen goods each year, or about $100 million per day (Hayes).
- There are approximately 27 million shoplifters in our nation today, or about 10% of the country (
- 25% of shoplifters are kids, 75% are adults. 55% of adult shoplifters say they started shoplifting in their teens (NASP).
- 89% of kids say they know other kids who shoplift (NASP). There is no profile of a typical shoplifter. Men and women shoplift about equally as often (NASP). Shoplifters say they are caught an average of only once in every 48 times they steal (NASP).
Sources: Hayes International consultants and National Association of Shoplifting Prevention
EMPLOYEE THEFT
- One in every 40 employees was apprehended for theft from their employer in 2012.
- On a per case average, dishonest employees steal 5.5 times the amount stolen by shoplifters ($715.24 vs $129.12).
- Costs American companies $200 billion annually (source: US News)
Source: Hayes International consultants
EMPLOYEE TIME THEFT
- 64% of employees visit non-work related websites every day during work hours
Time spent on the computer doing personal tasks during work time (per week):
- 39% - 1 hour or less
- 29% - up to 2 hours
- 21% - up to 5 hours a week
- 3% - 10 hours or more
What websites do you visit if you stray from work?
- Facebook 41%
- LinkedIn 37%
- Yahoo 31%
- Google+ 28%
- CNN 20%
- YouTube 13%
- Craigslist 10%
- ESPN 8%
- Twitter 8%
- Pinterest 4%
Daily personal Internet use at work by age group:
- 75% of workers age 26-35
- 72% of workers age 18-25
- 65% of workers age 36-45
- 58% of workers age 46-55
- 55% of workers age 56+
source: Salary.com
- Employees waste 2.09 hours per 8-hour day
Top ten time-wasting activities:
- 44.7% - Internet (personal use)
- 23.4% - Socializing
- 6.8% - Conducting personal business
- 3.9% - Spacing out (daydream)
- 3.1% - Running errands
- 2.3% - Personal phone calls
- 1.3% - Applying for other jobs
- 1% - Planning personal events
- 1% - Arriving late/leaving early
- $153.04 avg amount earned per day = $39.98 wasted = $9,000+ over the course of a year per employee
- Total annual cost to companies: $759 billion
- 30% of workers feel it's acceptable to use social media for personal use at work (source)
Source: AOL and Salary.com survey
