"People who steal from here don't look at it as a charity shop, they just see something and think, 'I want that'."Local PCSO Kirsty Down said the problem was not confined to the dozen or so charity shops on Mutley Plain.But one prolific shoplifter in the area was last week slapped with a strict ASBO banning him from every charity shop in the city.PCSO Down said theft rates appeared to have been rising for years as people pilfer "anything they can get their hands on", including donation bags left outside."It seems to be anything within grabbing distance," she said."It is not right that people think it's ok to steal from charity shops just because it's secondhand stuff."A lot of donations to these charities are to help people who are suffering from serious illnesses and we're not going to sit back and let this happen."Volunteers all give up their own time to work there and if I was elderly I'd be very concerned about trying to confront a shopl