There has been Opposition outrage at the Government's response to surging retail crime.

Police received a record 10,000 incident reports in October last year, while the average in the year to November has almost doubled compared to 2018.

National claims the Government's solutions aren't working, suggesting the crime prevention fund has had low business uptake.

The party's Police Spokesperson Mark Mitchell told Mike Hosking on Pollies business owners are having to take matters into their own hands.

He says people are having to put cages around themselves in order to feel safe in their own shops.

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