Police-recorded · Cheshire West and Chester · Cheshire Constabulary

Shoplifting in Cheshire West and Chester

12 months to June 2026

5.7per 1,000 residents

Police recorded 2,146 shoplifting offences in Cheshire West and Chester in the 12 months to June 2026, up 15.5% (288) on the previous 12 months. That is 5.7 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, 373,951

Monthly, September 2011 to June 2026

Monthly recorded offences: September 2011 to June 2026CoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour0100200201520202025September 2011: 179 offencesOctober 2011: 158 offencesNovember 2011: 187 offencesDecember 2011: 185 offencesJanuary 2012: 176 offencesFebruary 2012: 171 offencesMarch 2012: 179 offencesApril 2012: 161 offencesMay 2012: 125 offencesJune 2012: 128 offencesJuly 2012: 205 offencesAugust 2012: 169 offencesSeptember 2012: 128 offencesOctober 2012: 167 offencesNovember 2012: 151 offencesDecember 2012: 171 offencesJanuary 2013: 157 offencesFebruary 2013: 175 offencesMarch 2013: 171 offencesApril 2013: 181 offencesMay 2013: 202 offencesJune 2013: 166 offencesJuly 2013: 158 offencesAugust 2013: 171 offencesSeptember 2013: 190 offencesOctober 2013: 168 offencesNovember 2013: 161 offencesDecember 2013: 146 offencesJanuary 2014: 149 offencesFebruary 2014: 180 offencesMarch 2014: 183 offencesApril 2014: 155 offencesMay 2014: 203 offencesJune 2014: 161 offencesJuly 2014: 177 offencesAugust 2014: 155 offencesSeptember 2014: 160 offencesOctober 2014: 135 offencesNovember 2014: 153 offencesDecember 2014: 128 offencesJanuary 2015: 119 offencesFebruary 2015: 122 offencesMarch 2015: 152 offencesApril 2015: 155 offencesMay 2015: 143 offencesJune 2015: 170 offencesJuly 2015: 171 offencesAugust 2015: 147 offencesSeptember 2015: 146 offencesOctober 2015: 137 offencesNovember 2015: 147 offencesDecember 2015: 128 offencesJanuary 2016: 116 offencesFebruary 2016: 144 offencesMarch 2016: 128 offencesApril 2016: 147 offencesMay 2016: 161 offencesJune 2016: 171 offencesJuly 2016: 201 offencesAugust 2016: 192 offencesSeptember 2016: 202 offencesOctober 2016: 169 offencesNovember 2016: 201 offencesDecember 2016: 173 offencesJanuary 2017: 168 offencesFebruary 2017: 183 offencesMarch 2017: 213 offencesApril 2017: 226 offencesMay 2017: 213 offencesJune 2017: 220 offencesJuly 2017: 182 offencesAugust 2017: 217 offencesSeptember 2017: 170 offencesOctober 2017: 217 offencesNovember 2017: 237 offencesDecember 2017: 185 offencesJanuary 2018: 177 offencesFebruary 2018: 121 offencesMarch 2018: 167 offencesApril 2018: 174 offencesMay 2018: 206 offencesJune 2018: 171 offencesJuly 2018: 152 offencesAugust 2018: 173 offencesSeptember 2018: 143 offencesOctober 2018: 203 offencesNovember 2018: 219 offencesDecember 2018: 124 offencesJanuary 2019: 198 offencesFebruary 2019: 140 offencesMarch 2019: 147 offencesApril 2019: 182 offencesMay 2019: 170 offencesJune 2019: 127 offencesJuly 2019: 162 offencesAugust 2019: 185 offencesSeptember 2019: 177 offencesOctober 2019: 169 offencesNovember 2019: 127 offencesDecember 2019: 159 offencesJanuary 2020: 166 offencesFebruary 2020: 202 offencesMarch 2020: 155 offencesApril 2020: 80 offencesMay 2020: 92 offencesJune 2020: 123 offencesJuly 2020: 129 offencesAugust 2020: 149 offencesSeptember 2020: 82 offencesOctober 2020: 129 offencesNovember 2020: 117 offencesDecember 2020: 111 offencesJanuary 2021: 89 offencesFebruary 2021: 91 offencesMarch 2021: 100 offencesApril 2021: 87 offencesMay 2021: 94 offencesJune 2021: 111 offencesJuly 2021: 73 offencesAugust 2021: 53 offencesSeptember 2021: 63 offencesOctober 2021: 120 offencesNovember 2021: 97 offencesDecember 2021: 79 offencesJanuary 2022: 134 offencesFebruary 2022: 133 offencesMarch 2022: 160 offencesApril 2022: 115 offencesMay 2022: 131 offencesJune 2022: 130 offencesJuly 2022: 114 offencesAugust 2022: 137 offencesSeptember 2022: 145 offencesOctober 2022: 161 offencesNovember 2022: 129 offencesDecember 2022: 128 offencesJanuary 2023: 142 offencesFebruary 2023: 189 offencesMarch 2023: 217 offencesApril 2023: 190 offencesMay 2023: 155 offencesJune 2023: 129 offencesJuly 2023: 183 offencesAugust 2023: 210 offencesSeptember 2023: 162 offencesOctober 2023: 167 offencesNovember 2023: 194 offencesDecember 2023: 164 offencesJanuary 2024: 152 offencesFebruary 2024: 161 offencesMarch 2024: 149 offencesApril 2024: 153 offencesMay 2024: 185 offencesJune 2024: 179 offencesJuly 2024: 188 offencesAugust 2024: 163 offencesSeptember 2024: 165 offencesOctober 2024: 151 offencesNovember 2024: 134 offencesDecember 2024: 100 offencesJanuary 2025: 127 offencesFebruary 2025: 149 offencesMarch 2025: 182 offencesApril 2025: 175 offencesMay 2025: 148 offencesJune 2025: 176 offencesJuly 2025: 171 offencesAugust 2025: 182 offencesSeptember 2025: 170 offencesOctober 2025: 178 offencesNovember 2025: 225 offencesDecember 2025: 154 offencesJanuary 2026: 144 offencesFebruary 2026: 157 offencesMarch 2026: 204 offencesApril 2026: 179 offencesMay 2026: 176 offencesJune 2026: 206 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 Cheshire West and Chester

Every local authority ranked by shoplifting rate · All recorded crime in Cheshire West and Chester