Police-recorded · Coventry · West Midlands Police

Shoplifting in Coventry

12 months to June 2026

9.7per 1,000 residents

Police recorded 3,523 shoplifting offences in Coventry in the 12 months to June 2026, down 4.6% (170) on the previous 12 months. That is 9.7 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, 364,766

Monthly, September 2011 to June 2026

Monthly recorded offences: September 2011 to June 2026CoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour0200400201520202025September 2011: 160 offencesOctober 2011: 138 offencesNovember 2011: 162 offencesDecember 2011: 153 offencesJanuary 2012: 176 offencesFebruary 2012: 157 offencesMarch 2012: 153 offencesApril 2012: 141 offencesMay 2012: 151 offencesJune 2012: 120 offencesJuly 2012: 106 offencesAugust 2012: 95 offencesSeptember 2012: 111 offencesOctober 2012: 127 offencesNovember 2012: 139 offencesDecember 2012: 140 offencesJanuary 2013: 118 offencesFebruary 2013: 111 offencesMarch 2013: 113 offencesApril 2013: 113 offencesMay 2013: 149 offencesJune 2013: 117 offencesJuly 2013: 124 offencesAugust 2013: 139 offencesSeptember 2013: 166 offencesOctober 2013: 145 offencesNovember 2013: 172 offencesDecember 2013: 149 offencesJanuary 2014: 156 offencesFebruary 2014: 165 offencesMarch 2014: 182 offencesApril 2014: 174 offencesMay 2014: 160 offencesJune 2014: 155 offencesJuly 2014: 145 offencesAugust 2014: 165 offencesSeptember 2014: 177 offencesOctober 2014: 131 offencesNovember 2014: 155 offencesDecember 2014: 183 offencesJanuary 2015: 181 offencesFebruary 2015: 146 offencesMarch 2015: 169 offencesApril 2015: 146 offencesMay 2015: 156 offencesJune 2015: 127 offencesJuly 2015: 142 offencesAugust 2015: 137 offencesSeptember 2015: 158 offencesOctober 2015: 203 offencesNovember 2015: 192 offencesDecember 2015: 174 offencesJanuary 2016: 150 offencesFebruary 2016: 171 offencesMarch 2016: 156 offencesApril 2016: 200 offencesMay 2016: 182 offencesJune 2016: 187 offencesJuly 2016: 169 offencesAugust 2016: 214 offencesSeptember 2016: 147 offencesOctober 2016: 156 offencesNovember 2016: 170 offencesDecember 2016: 141 offencesJanuary 2017: 182 offencesFebruary 2017: 170 offencesMarch 2017: 162 offencesApril 2017: 172 offencesMay 2017: 189 offencesJune 2017: 178 offencesJuly 2017: 152 offencesAugust 2017: 162 offencesSeptember 2017: 147 offencesOctober 2017: 168 offencesNovember 2017: 189 offencesDecember 2017: 172 offencesJanuary 2018: 187 offencesFebruary 2018: 177 offencesMarch 2018: 179 offencesApril 2018: 186 offencesMay 2018: 175 offencesJune 2018: 157 offencesJuly 2018: 183 offencesAugust 2018: 191 offencesSeptember 2018: 161 offencesOctober 2018: 184 offencesNovember 2018: 158 offencesDecember 2018: 130 offencesJanuary 2019: 203 offencesFebruary 2019: 179 offencesMarch 2019: 187 offencesApril 2019: 196 offencesMay 2019: 161 offencesJune 2019: 146 offencesJuly 2019: 158 offencesAugust 2019: 171 offencesSeptember 2019: 120 offencesOctober 2019: 87 offencesNovember 2019: 112 offencesDecember 2019: 106 offencesJanuary 2020: 142 offencesFebruary 2020: 134 offencesMarch 2020: 93 offencesApril 2020: 70 offencesMay 2020: 79 offencesJune 2020: 73 offencesJuly 2020: 97 offencesAugust 2020: 95 offencesSeptember 2020: 104 offencesOctober 2020: 132 offencesNovember 2020: 120 offencesDecember 2020: 138 offencesJanuary 2021: 122 offencesFebruary 2021: 85 offencesMarch 2021: 102 offencesApril 2021: 105 offencesMay 2021: 127 offencesJune 2021: 127 offencesJuly 2021: 142 offencesAugust 2021: 160 offencesSeptember 2021: 108 offencesOctober 2021: 124 offencesNovember 2021: 155 offencesDecember 2021: 124 offencesJanuary 2022: 175 offencesFebruary 2022: 157 offencesMarch 2022: 173 offencesApril 2022: 192 offencesMay 2022: 194 offencesJune 2022: 148 offencesJuly 2022: 143 offencesAugust 2022: 115 offencesSeptember 2022: 136 offencesOctober 2022: 149 offencesNovember 2022: 153 offencesDecember 2022: 139 offencesJanuary 2023: 180 offencesFebruary 2023: 229 offencesMarch 2023: 185 offencesApril 2023: 187 offencesMay 2023: 168 offencesJune 2023: 247 offencesJuly 2023: 250 offencesAugust 2023: 262 offencesSeptember 2023: 282 offencesOctober 2023: 253 offencesNovember 2023: 267 offencesDecember 2023: 172 offencesJanuary 2024: 205 offencesFebruary 2024: 196 offencesMarch 2024: 262 offencesApril 2024: 420 offencesMay 2024: 320 offencesJune 2024: 246 offencesJuly 2024: 304 offencesAugust 2024: 354 offencesSeptember 2024: 333 offencesOctober 2024: 332 offencesNovember 2024: 296 offencesDecember 2024: 268 offencesJanuary 2025: 295 offencesFebruary 2025: 335 offencesMarch 2025: 355 offencesApril 2025: 270 offencesMay 2025: 298 offencesJune 2025: 253 offencesJuly 2025: 309 offencesAugust 2025: 284 offencesSeptember 2025: 264 offencesOctober 2025: 345 offencesNovember 2025: 309 offencesDecember 2025: 286 offencesJanuary 2026: 248 offencesFebruary 2026: 343 offencesMarch 2026: 284 offencesApril 2026: 283 offencesMay 2026: 286 offencesJune 2026: 282 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 Coventry

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