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(20.6%) have stolen money from the office, said they stole just because they were bored.
19% have stolen a laptop and 18% have
stolen a phone. 25% of people working in law have stolen
from their workplace
Men steal from their workplace and One-quarter (25%) of people who said law is
colleagues more than women their profession admitted to stealing from their
We also found that men are more likely to workplace – more than any other industry.
steal mugs, food, and money from the office. (% who said they have stolen something
Here is the % of men and women who said from their workplace)
they have stolen the following items from the
workplace: • Law - 25%

• Marketing and PR - 20%
Item Women Men

Pen 25% 52% • Leisure, sport, tourism - 17.6%
Stationery 38% 42% • Transport and logistics - 17.5%

Mugs 4% 16% • Retail - 15.7%
Food & Drink 11% 21%
• Accountancy & banking - 13.8%
Tea bags / Coffee 6% 18%
Money 6% 14% • Teacher training and education - 13.5%

Laptop 4% 12% • Information Technology - 12.3%
Phone 4% 12% • Energy and utilities - 11.5%
Headphones 4% 11%
• Engineering and manufacturing - 11.3%
Personal items 1% 7%
22% of people working in media and
internet have stolen from their colleague
Women steal because they don’t like their If you work in media and internet, you might
workplace, men steal because they’re want to keep an eye on your colleagues. 22%
bored said they have stolen from their colleagues
There were also differences between men before, more than any other profession. This
and women when it came to why they steal. was followed by charity and voluntary workers
The most common reason was because (15%).
they needed the item, but almost one-in-five
women (19%) said they stole because they
didn’t like their workplace, and 18% of men

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