UK fuel theft nears £200,000 a day as pump prices hit new highs since Iran war began

Sky News—UK fuel theft has surged to nearly £200,000 worth of stolen petrol and diesel every day since the war with Iran began, tracking closely with pump prices now at their highest level in years. Retailers say opportunistic theft tends to climb in step with fuel costs, and the industry is weighing tougher anti-theft measures at forecourts nationwide. The squeeze adds to pressure on British households already facing some of Europe's steepest pump prices, tying a domestic crime wave directly to a foreign conflict thousands of miles away. The scale of the losses — extrapolated from data covering only a fraction of the country's stations — suggests the true nationwide toll could be even higher than reported.

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