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Shoplifting in Dartford

12 months to June 2026

21.0per 1,000 residents

Police recorded 2,653 shoplifting offences in Dartford in the 12 months to June 2026, up 24.0% (514) on the previous 12 months. That is 21.0 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, 126,297

Monthly, September 2011 to June 2026

Monthly recorded offences: September 2011 to June 2026CoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour0100200300201520202025September 2011: 61 offencesOctober 2011: 91 offencesNovember 2011: 93 offencesDecember 2011: 98 offencesJanuary 2012: 82 offencesFebruary 2012: 87 offencesMarch 2012: 68 offencesApril 2012: 84 offencesMay 2012: 81 offencesJune 2012: 83 offencesJuly 2012: 94 offencesAugust 2012: 59 offencesSeptember 2012: 73 offencesOctober 2012: 89 offencesNovember 2012: 135 offencesDecember 2012: 104 offencesJanuary 2013: 100 offencesFebruary 2013: 109 offencesMarch 2013: 94 offencesApril 2013: 79 offencesMay 2013: 75 offencesJune 2013: 86 offencesJuly 2013: 90 offencesAugust 2013: 75 offencesSeptember 2013: 69 offencesOctober 2013: 92 offencesNovember 2013: 88 offencesDecember 2013: 88 offencesJanuary 2014: 108 offencesFebruary 2014: 95 offencesMarch 2014: 113 offencesApril 2014: 99 offencesMay 2014: 91 offencesJune 2014: 111 offencesJuly 2014: 99 offencesAugust 2014: 123 offencesSeptember 2014: 78 offencesOctober 2014: 105 offencesNovember 2014: 117 offencesDecember 2014: 113 offencesJanuary 2015: 92 offencesFebruary 2015: 118 offencesMarch 2015: 88 offencesApril 2015: 109 offencesMay 2015: 115 offencesJune 2015: 85 offencesJuly 2015: 97 offencesAugust 2015: 84 offencesSeptember 2015: 79 offencesOctober 2015: 114 offencesNovember 2015: 91 offencesDecember 2015: 89 offencesJanuary 2016: 102 offencesFebruary 2016: 115 offencesMarch 2016: 101 offencesApril 2016: 99 offencesMay 2016: 137 offencesJune 2016: 123 offencesJuly 2016: 89 offencesAugust 2016: 124 offencesSeptember 2016: 85 offencesOctober 2016: 113 offencesNovember 2016: 116 offencesDecember 2016: 120 offencesJanuary 2017: 183 offencesFebruary 2017: 117 offencesMarch 2017: 152 offencesApril 2017: 119 offencesMay 2017: 132 offencesJune 2017: 109 offencesJuly 2017: 117 offencesAugust 2017: 116 offencesSeptember 2017: 96 offencesOctober 2017: 127 offencesNovember 2017: 126 offencesDecember 2017: 143 offencesJanuary 2018: 128 offencesFebruary 2018: 103 offencesMarch 2018: 122 offencesApril 2018: 106 offencesMay 2018: 101 offencesJune 2018: 99 offencesJuly 2018: 95 offencesAugust 2018: 117 offencesSeptember 2018: 94 offencesOctober 2018: 105 offencesNovember 2018: 63 offencesDecember 2018: 27 offencesJanuary 2019: 87 offencesFebruary 2019: 76 offencesMarch 2019: 77 offencesApril 2019: 139 offencesMay 2019: 109 offencesJune 2019: 92 offencesJuly 2019: 85 offencesAugust 2019: 89 offencesSeptember 2019: 70 offencesOctober 2019: 92 offencesNovember 2019: 112 offencesDecember 2019: 114 offencesJanuary 2020: 109 offencesFebruary 2020: 114 offencesMarch 2020: 83 offencesApril 2020: 20 offencesMay 2020: 19 offencesJune 2020: 45 offencesJuly 2020: 109 offencesAugust 2020: 95 offencesSeptember 2020: 80 offencesOctober 2020: 123 offencesNovember 2020: 98 offencesDecember 2020: 84 offencesJanuary 2021: 57 offencesFebruary 2021: 57 offencesMarch 2021: 64 offencesApril 2021: 93 offencesMay 2021: 116 offencesJune 2021: 75 offencesJuly 2021: 93 offencesAugust 2021: 80 offencesSeptember 2021: 105 offencesOctober 2021: 140 offencesNovember 2021: 102 offencesDecember 2021: 127 offencesJanuary 2022: 130 offencesFebruary 2022: 140 offencesMarch 2022: 133 offencesApril 2022: 126 offencesMay 2022: 121 offencesJune 2022: 121 offencesJuly 2022: 100 offencesAugust 2022: 125 offencesSeptember 2022: 121 offencesOctober 2022: 114 offencesNovember 2022: 117 offencesDecember 2022: 143 offencesJanuary 2023: 106 offencesFebruary 2023: 137 offencesMarch 2023: 119 offencesApril 2023: 160 offencesMay 2023: 141 offencesJune 2023: 91 offencesJuly 2023: 140 offencesAugust 2023: 140 offencesSeptember 2023: 118 offencesOctober 2023: 152 offencesNovember 2023: 160 offencesDecember 2023: 204 offencesJanuary 2024: 144 offencesFebruary 2024: 142 offencesMarch 2024: 159 offencesApril 2024: 140 offencesMay 2024: 206 offencesJune 2024: 168 offencesJuly 2024: 150 offencesAugust 2024: 150 offencesSeptember 2024: 121 offencesOctober 2024: 170 offencesNovember 2024: 180 offencesDecember 2024: 235 offencesJanuary 2025: 163 offencesFebruary 2025: 187 offencesMarch 2025: 178 offencesApril 2025: 238 offencesMay 2025: 189 offencesJune 2025: 178 offencesJuly 2025: 203 offencesAugust 2025: 167 offencesSeptember 2025: 152 offencesOctober 2025: 203 offencesNovember 2025: 167 offencesDecember 2025: 246 offencesJanuary 2026: 214 offencesFebruary 2026: 244 offencesMarch 2026: 284 offencesApril 2026: 316 offencesMay 2026: 250 offencesJune 2026: 207 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 Dartford

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