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Shoplifting in Brighton and Hove

12 months to June 2026

16.6per 1,000 residents

Police recorded 4,708 shoplifting offences in Brighton and Hove in the 12 months to June 2026, down 8.1% (417) on the previous 12 months. That is 16.6 per 1,000 residents against 8.3 for England and Wales.

  1. Home Office · data.police.uk
  2. street-level crime archive, category “Shoplifting
  3. local authority via LSOA lookup
  4. population: ONS mid-2025 estimate, 284,170

Monthly, September 2011 to June 2026

Monthly recorded offences: September 2011 to June 2026CoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour0200400201520202025September 2011: 156 offencesOctober 2011: 154 offencesNovember 2011: 161 offencesDecember 2011: 174 offencesJanuary 2012: 139 offencesFebruary 2012: 165 offencesMarch 2012: 170 offencesApril 2012: 146 offencesMay 2012: 215 offencesJune 2012: 172 offencesJuly 2012: 184 offencesAugust 2012: 191 offencesSeptember 2012: 135 offencesOctober 2012: 189 offencesNovember 2012: 160 offencesDecember 2012: 160 offencesJanuary 2013: 174 offencesFebruary 2013: 175 offencesMarch 2013: 204 offencesApril 2013: 172 offencesMay 2013: 138 offencesJune 2013: 168 offencesJuly 2013: 135 offencesAugust 2013: 166 offencesSeptember 2013: 150 offencesOctober 2013: 146 offencesNovember 2013: 169 offencesDecember 2013: 176 offencesJanuary 2014: 164 offencesFebruary 2014: 174 offencesMarch 2014: 167 offencesApril 2014: 156 offencesMay 2014: 169 offencesJune 2014: 136 offencesJuly 2014: 181 offencesAugust 2014: 177 offencesSeptember 2014: 146 offencesOctober 2014: 194 offencesNovember 2014: 175 offencesDecember 2014: 160 offencesJanuary 2015: 171 offencesFebruary 2015: 145 offencesMarch 2015: 186 offencesApril 2015: 174 offencesMay 2015: 180 offencesJune 2015: 165 offencesJuly 2015: 164 offencesAugust 2015: 183 offencesSeptember 2015: 167 offencesOctober 2015: 194 offencesNovember 2015: 184 offencesDecember 2015: 163 offencesJanuary 2016: 146 offencesFebruary 2016: 161 offencesMarch 2016: 177 offencesApril 2016: 165 offencesMay 2016: 169 offencesJune 2016: 169 offencesJuly 2016: 160 offencesAugust 2016: 158 offencesSeptember 2016: 180 offencesOctober 2016: 194 offencesNovember 2016: 124 offencesDecember 2016: 141 offencesJanuary 2017: 170 offencesFebruary 2017: 139 offencesMarch 2017: 184 offencesApril 2017: 168 offencesMay 2017: 153 offencesJune 2017: 157 offencesJuly 2017: 196 offencesAugust 2017: 155 offencesSeptember 2017: 167 offencesOctober 2017: 177 offencesNovember 2017: 152 offencesDecember 2017: 150 offencesJanuary 2018: 202 offencesFebruary 2018: 141 offencesMarch 2018: 173 offencesApril 2018: 173 offencesMay 2018: 127 offencesJune 2018: 117 offencesJuly 2018: 122 offencesAugust 2018: 133 offencesSeptember 2018: 149 offencesOctober 2018: 133 offencesNovember 2018: 197 offencesDecember 2018: 120 offencesJanuary 2019: 133 offencesFebruary 2019: 145 offencesMarch 2019: 200 offencesApril 2019: 141 offencesMay 2019: 172 offencesJune 2019: 149 offencesJuly 2019: 202 offencesAugust 2019: 237 offencesSeptember 2019: 249 offencesOctober 2019: 225 offencesNovember 2019: 209 offencesDecember 2019: 187 offencesJanuary 2020: 198 offencesFebruary 2020: 193 offencesMarch 2020: 126 offencesApril 2020: 74 offencesMay 2020: 84 offencesJune 2020: 112 offencesJuly 2020: 115 offencesAugust 2020: 131 offencesSeptember 2020: 198 offencesOctober 2020: 178 offencesNovember 2020: 132 offencesDecember 2020: 112 offencesJanuary 2021: 85 offencesFebruary 2021: 88 offencesMarch 2021: 96 offencesApril 2021: 120 offencesMay 2021: 129 offencesJune 2021: 120 offencesJuly 2021: 146 offencesAugust 2021: 175 offencesSeptember 2021: 144 offencesOctober 2021: 145 offencesNovember 2021: 201 offencesDecember 2021: 124 offencesJanuary 2022: 152 offencesFebruary 2022: 112 offencesMarch 2022: 154 offencesApril 2022: 197 offencesMay 2022: 181 offencesJune 2022: 166 offencesJuly 2022: 176 offencesAugust 2022: 202 offencesSeptember 2022: 300 offencesOctober 2022: 280 offencesNovember 2022: 228 offencesDecember 2022: 238 offencesJanuary 2023: 314 offencesFebruary 2023: 310 offencesMarch 2023: 279 offencesApril 2023: 303 offencesMay 2023: 275 offencesJune 2023: 214 offencesJuly 2023: 404 offencesAugust 2023: 378 offencesSeptember 2023: 349 offencesOctober 2023: 321 offencesNovember 2023: 329 offencesDecember 2023: 261 offencesJanuary 2024: 240 offencesFebruary 2024: 236 offencesMarch 2024: 380 offencesApril 2024: 343 offencesMay 2024: 375 offencesJune 2024: 311 offencesJuly 2024: 416 offencesAugust 2024: 405 offencesSeptember 2024: 454 offencesOctober 2024: 484 offencesNovember 2024: 427 offencesDecember 2024: 421 offencesJanuary 2025: 491 offencesFebruary 2025: 403 offencesMarch 2025: 353 offencesApril 2025: 482 offencesMay 2025: 380 offencesJune 2025: 409 offencesJuly 2025: 442 offencesAugust 2025: 410 offencesSeptember 2025: 351 offencesOctober 2025: 423 offencesNovember 2025: 382 offencesDecember 2025: 349 offencesJanuary 2026: 364 offencesFebruary 2026: 378 offencesMarch 2026: 337 offencesApril 2026: 408 offencesMay 2026: 480 offencesJune 2026: 384 offences

Offences recorded in this category each month, from the street-level archivePublished valueProvisional or revisedLatestShaded bands: governments (see labels)Hover or use arrow keys to read a value

What this measures

Theft of goods from a shop or business premises.

Police-recorded crime counts offences reported to and recorded by the police. It is affected by whether people report crime and by changes in police recording practice, so it does not measure all crime that happens. The Crime Survey for England and Wales is the better guide to long-term trends in the crimes it covers. Police recorded crime is not designated as National Statistics. A higher recorded rate does not mean an area is more dangerous.

Other categories in Brighton and Hove

Every local authority ranked by shoplifting rate · All recorded crime in Brighton and Hove