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UK Business Crime Partnerships Merge
UK Partners Against Crime (UKPAC) and the National Retail Crime Alliance (NRCA), including TruckPol, have merged to create a single, strengthened national organisation tackling business crime across the UK.
The new not-for-profit organisation brings together expertise across retail, online, freight and logistics, hospitality, rural businesses and the night-time economy to address theft, fraud, violence, anti-social behaviour and organised criminal activity.
Why This Matters
By uniting, UKPAC and NRCA combine:
- A secure, GDPR-compliant national crime-reporting and intelligence hub
- Advanced data analytics and cross-sector intelligence expertise
- A truly national network connecting businesses, police and partners
This creates a more powerful, intelligence-led approach that improves prevention, detection, deterrence and recovery while reinvesting all surplus back into crime reduction and community safety.
Benefits for Business Members
- Wider sector and geographic coverage across the UK
- Simpler, faster crime reporting and intelligence sharing
- Stronger action against organised and prolific offenders
- Affordable, inclusive membership for businesses of all sizes
Importantly, these benefits now extend beyond retail to freight, online, hospitality, rural, and night-time economy businesses.
Benefits for Police and Partners
- Richer national intelligence picture
- Improved visibility of cross-sector and cross-border crime
- Faster, more consistent collaboration and referrals
- Stronger alignment with national and local crime-reduction strategies
Shared Mission
The merger reinforces a joint commitment to protecting businesses, staff, customers and communities by reducing both financial loss and the fear, abuse and aggression faced by frontline workers.
Businesses, police and partners are invited to join this unified national effort to tackle business crime.
