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Shoplifting in Ipswich

12 months to June 2026

16.6per 1,000 residents

Police recorded 2,320 shoplifting offences in Ipswich in the 12 months to June 2026, up 62.8% (895) 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, 139,457

Monthly, September 2011 to June 2026

Monthly recorded offences: September 2011 to June 2026CoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour0100200201520202025September 2011: 152 offencesOctober 2011: 175 offencesNovember 2011: 140 offencesDecember 2011: 183 offencesJanuary 2012: 116 offencesFebruary 2012: 108 offencesMarch 2012: 129 offencesApril 2012: 143 offencesMay 2012: 135 offencesJune 2012: 120 offencesJuly 2012: 119 offencesAugust 2012: 115 offencesSeptember 2012: 131 offencesOctober 2012: 134 offencesNovember 2012: 156 offencesDecember 2012: 133 offencesJanuary 2013: 126 offencesFebruary 2013: 131 offencesMarch 2013: 174 offencesApril 2013: 155 offencesMay 2013: 149 offencesJune 2013: 107 offencesJuly 2013: 118 offencesAugust 2013: 94 offencesSeptember 2013: 111 offencesOctober 2013: 107 offencesNovember 2013: 113 offencesDecember 2013: 86 offencesJanuary 2014: 134 offencesFebruary 2014: 113 offencesMarch 2014: 124 offencesApril 2014: 112 offencesMay 2014: 145 offencesJune 2014: 140 offencesJuly 2014: 157 offencesAugust 2014: 118 offencesSeptember 2014: 153 offencesOctober 2014: 136 offencesNovember 2014: 117 offencesDecember 2014: 148 offencesJanuary 2015: 119 offencesFebruary 2015: 130 offencesMarch 2015: 99 offencesApril 2015: 107 offencesMay 2015: 160 offencesJune 2015: 110 offencesJuly 2015: 113 offencesAugust 2015: 182 offencesSeptember 2015: 104 offencesOctober 2015: 98 offencesNovember 2015: 148 offencesDecember 2015: 111 offencesJanuary 2016: 149 offencesFebruary 2016: 121 offencesMarch 2016: 141 offencesApril 2016: 170 offencesMay 2016: 112 offencesJune 2016: 133 offencesJuly 2016: 108 offencesAugust 2016: 114 offencesSeptember 2016: 141 offencesOctober 2016: 158 offencesNovember 2016: 111 offencesDecember 2016: 117 offencesJanuary 2017: 182 offencesFebruary 2017: 130 offencesMarch 2017: 165 offencesApril 2017: 217 offencesMay 2017: 207 offencesJune 2017: 159 offencesJuly 2017: 142 offencesAugust 2017: 167 offencesSeptember 2017: 147 offencesOctober 2017: 126 offencesNovember 2017: 179 offencesDecember 2017: 173 offencesJanuary 2018: 157 offencesFebruary 2018: 139 offencesMarch 2018: 144 offencesApril 2018: 141 offencesMay 2018: 149 offencesJune 2018: 158 offencesJuly 2018: 157 offencesAugust 2018: 206 offencesSeptember 2018: 177 offencesOctober 2018: 208 offencesNovember 2018: 162 offencesDecember 2018: 138 offencesJanuary 2019: 172 offencesFebruary 2019: 154 offencesMarch 2019: 181 offencesApril 2019: 151 offencesMay 2019: 181 offencesJune 2019: 155 offencesJuly 2019: 117 offencesAugust 2019: 151 offencesSeptember 2019: 124 offencesOctober 2019: 146 offencesNovember 2019: 150 offencesDecember 2019: 109 offencesJanuary 2020: 157 offencesFebruary 2020: 131 offencesMarch 2020: 87 offencesApril 2020: 20 offencesMay 2020: 41 offencesJune 2020: 61 offencesJuly 2020: 104 offencesAugust 2020: 65 offencesSeptember 2020: 105 offencesOctober 2020: 116 offencesNovember 2020: 116 offencesDecember 2020: 99 offencesJanuary 2021: 62 offencesFebruary 2021: 59 offencesMarch 2021: 69 offencesApril 2021: 110 offencesMay 2021: 85 offencesJune 2021: 87 offencesJuly 2021: 95 offencesAugust 2021: 87 offencesSeptember 2021: 88 offencesOctober 2021: 58 offencesNovember 2021: 83 offencesDecember 2021: 96 offencesJanuary 2022: 96 offencesFebruary 2022: 117 offencesMarch 2022: 111 offencesApril 2022: 124 offencesMay 2022: 148 offencesJune 2022: 134 offencesJuly 2022: 127 offencesAugust 2022: 123 offencesSeptember 2022: 117 offencesOctober 2022: 149 offencesNovember 2022: 148 offencesDecember 2022: 103 offencesJanuary 2023: 141 offencesFebruary 2023: 113 offencesMarch 2023: 125 offencesApril 2023: 123 offencesMay 2023: 125 offencesJune 2023: 93 offencesJuly 2023: 152 offencesAugust 2023: 159 offencesSeptember 2023: 114 offencesOctober 2023: 132 offencesNovember 2023: 128 offencesDecember 2023: 111 offencesJanuary 2024: 109 offencesFebruary 2024: 89 offencesMarch 2024: 104 offencesApril 2024: 152 offencesMay 2024: 120 offencesJune 2024: 112 offencesJuly 2024: 115 offencesAugust 2024: 125 offencesSeptember 2024: 95 offencesOctober 2024: 101 offencesNovember 2024: 107 offencesDecember 2024: 95 offencesJanuary 2025: 125 offencesFebruary 2025: 90 offencesMarch 2025: 134 offencesApril 2025: 129 offencesMay 2025: 146 offencesJune 2025: 163 offencesJuly 2025: 195 offencesAugust 2025: 137 offencesSeptember 2025: 118 offencesOctober 2025: 203 offencesNovember 2025: 212 offencesDecember 2025: 179 offencesJanuary 2026: 174 offencesFebruary 2026: 202 offencesMarch 2026: 259 offencesApril 2026: 240 offencesMay 2026: 203 offencesJune 2026: 198 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 Ipswich

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