Police-recorded · Cambridge · Cambridgeshire Constabulary

Shoplifting in Cambridge

12 months to June 2026

16.6per 1,000 residents

Police recorded 2,489 shoplifting offences in Cambridge in the 12 months to June 2026, down 11.8% (333) 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, 149,872

Monthly, September 2011 to June 2026

Monthly recorded offences: September 2011 to June 2026CoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour0100200300201520202025September 2011: 85 offencesOctober 2011: 113 offencesNovember 2011: 102 offencesDecember 2011: 126 offencesJanuary 2012: 118 offencesFebruary 2012: 90 offencesMarch 2012: 101 offencesApril 2012: 84 offencesMay 2012: 78 offencesJune 2012: 106 offencesJuly 2012: 106 offencesAugust 2012: 107 offencesSeptember 2012: 83 offencesOctober 2012: 100 offencesNovember 2012: 102 offencesDecember 2012: 101 offencesJanuary 2013: 83 offencesFebruary 2013: 95 offencesMarch 2013: 87 offencesApril 2013: 94 offencesMay 2013: 117 offencesJune 2013: 118 offencesJuly 2013: 89 offencesAugust 2013: 134 offencesSeptember 2013: 68 offencesOctober 2013: 90 offencesNovember 2013: 112 offencesDecember 2013: 106 offencesJanuary 2014: 90 offencesFebruary 2014: 104 offencesMarch 2014: 99 offencesApril 2014: 109 offencesMay 2014: 109 offencesJune 2014: 79 offencesJuly 2014: 115 offencesAugust 2014: 89 offencesSeptember 2014: 78 offencesOctober 2014: 97 offencesNovember 2014: 93 offencesDecember 2014: 87 offencesJanuary 2015: 65 offencesFebruary 2015: 84 offencesMarch 2015: 95 offencesApril 2015: 81 offencesMay 2015: 109 offencesJune 2015: 103 offencesJuly 2015: 88 offencesAugust 2015: 86 offencesSeptember 2015: 94 offencesOctober 2015: 80 offencesNovember 2015: 64 offencesDecember 2015: 68 offencesJanuary 2016: 75 offencesFebruary 2016: 95 offencesMarch 2016: 77 offencesApril 2016: 79 offencesMay 2016: 82 offencesJune 2016: 83 offencesJuly 2016: 82 offencesAugust 2016: 71 offencesSeptember 2016: 81 offencesOctober 2016: 75 offencesNovember 2016: 82 offencesDecember 2016: 86 offencesJanuary 2017: 95 offencesFebruary 2017: 101 offencesMarch 2017: 115 offencesApril 2017: 113 offencesMay 2017: 87 offencesJune 2017: 119 offencesJuly 2017: 104 offencesAugust 2017: 111 offencesSeptember 2017: 104 offencesOctober 2017: 105 offencesNovember 2017: 144 offencesDecember 2017: 94 offencesJanuary 2018: 88 offencesFebruary 2018: 106 offencesMarch 2018: 88 offencesApril 2018: 106 offencesMay 2018: 107 offencesJune 2018: 79 offencesJuly 2018: 104 offencesAugust 2018: 70 offencesSeptember 2018: 88 offencesOctober 2018: 96 offencesNovember 2018: 88 offencesDecember 2018: 65 offencesJanuary 2019: 72 offencesFebruary 2019: 52 offencesMarch 2019: 98 offencesApril 2019: 101 offencesMay 2019: 134 offencesJune 2019: 114 offencesJuly 2019: 104 offencesAugust 2019: 140 offencesSeptember 2019: 195 offencesOctober 2019: 117 offencesNovember 2019: 91 offencesDecember 2019: 102 offencesJanuary 2020: 96 offencesFebruary 2020: 92 offencesMarch 2020: 47 offencesApril 2020: 40 offencesMay 2020: 45 offencesJune 2020: 69 offencesJuly 2020: 67 offencesAugust 2020: 48 offencesSeptember 2020: 42 offencesOctober 2020: 50 offencesNovember 2020: 44 offencesDecember 2020: 34 offencesJanuary 2021: 18 offencesFebruary 2021: 28 offencesMarch 2021: 19 offencesApril 2021: 35 offencesMay 2021: 68 offencesJune 2021: 61 offencesJuly 2021: 80 offencesAugust 2021: 81 offencesSeptember 2021: 77 offencesOctober 2021: 89 offencesNovember 2021: 85 offencesDecember 2021: 63 offencesJanuary 2022: 85 offencesFebruary 2022: 107 offencesMarch 2022: 136 offencesApril 2022: 96 offencesMay 2022: 85 offencesJune 2022: 90 offencesJuly 2022: 71 offencesAugust 2022: 95 offencesSeptember 2022: 143 offencesOctober 2022: 160 offencesNovember 2022: 128 offencesDecember 2022: 98 offencesJanuary 2023: 139 offencesFebruary 2023: 147 offencesMarch 2023: 171 offencesApril 2023: 236 offencesMay 2023: 191 offencesJune 2023: 193 offencesJuly 2023: 200 offencesAugust 2023: 152 offencesSeptember 2023: 265 offencesOctober 2023: 168 offencesNovember 2023: 209 offencesDecember 2023: 173 offencesJanuary 2024: 169 offencesFebruary 2024: 240 offencesMarch 2024: 210 offencesApril 2024: 300 offencesMay 2024: 301 offencesJune 2024: 260 offencesJuly 2024: 252 offencesAugust 2024: 288 offencesSeptember 2024: 240 offencesOctober 2024: 202 offencesNovember 2024: 197 offencesDecember 2024: 180 offencesJanuary 2025: 250 offencesFebruary 2025: 227 offencesMarch 2025: 267 offencesApril 2025: 258 offencesMay 2025: 250 offencesJune 2025: 211 offencesJuly 2025: 221 offencesAugust 2025: 277 offencesSeptember 2025: 189 offencesOctober 2025: 157 offencesNovember 2025: 173 offencesDecember 2025: 152 offencesJanuary 2026: 205 offencesFebruary 2026: 194 offencesMarch 2026: 243 offencesApril 2026: 216 offencesMay 2026: 229 offencesJune 2026: 233 offences

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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 Cambridge

Every local authority ranked by shoplifting rate · All recorded crime in Cambridge