Police-recorded · Kirklees · West Yorkshire Police

Shoplifting in Kirklees

12 months to June 2026

5.8per 1,000 residents

Police recorded 2,605 shoplifting offences in Kirklees in the 12 months to June 2026, up 8.8% (210) on the previous 12 months. That is 5.8 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, 445,832

Monthly, September 2011 to June 2026

Monthly recorded offences: September 2011 to June 2026CoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour0100200201520202025September 2011: 164 offencesOctober 2011: 156 offencesNovember 2011: 181 offencesDecember 2011: 144 offencesJanuary 2012: 189 offencesFebruary 2012: 158 offencesMarch 2012: 145 offencesApril 2012: 178 offencesMay 2012: 169 offencesJune 2012: 162 offencesJuly 2012: 197 offencesAugust 2012: 204 offencesSeptember 2012: 180 offencesOctober 2012: 165 offencesNovember 2012: 219 offencesDecember 2012: 203 offencesJanuary 2013: 234 offencesFebruary 2013: 211 offencesMarch 2013: 180 offencesApril 2013: 196 offencesMay 2013: 151 offencesJune 2013: 192 offencesJuly 2013: 191 offencesAugust 2013: 176 offencesSeptember 2013: 199 offencesOctober 2013: 268 offencesNovember 2013: 209 offencesDecember 2013: 153 offencesJanuary 2014: 194 offencesFebruary 2014: 176 offencesMarch 2014: 184 offencesApril 2014: 173 offencesMay 2014: 177 offencesJune 2014: 162 offencesJuly 2014: 198 offencesAugust 2014: 162 offencesSeptember 2014: 149 offencesOctober 2014: 170 offencesNovember 2014: 204 offencesDecember 2014: 152 offencesJanuary 2015: 220 offencesFebruary 2015: 182 offencesMarch 2015: 187 offencesApril 2015: 222 offencesMay 2015: 256 offencesJune 2015: 218 offencesJuly 2015: 209 offencesAugust 2015: 217 offencesSeptember 2015: 217 offencesOctober 2015: 179 offencesNovember 2015: 187 offencesDecember 2015: 200 offencesJanuary 2016: 216 offencesFebruary 2016: 197 offencesMarch 2016: 194 offencesApril 2016: 195 offencesMay 2016: 187 offencesJune 2016: 161 offencesJuly 2016: 199 offencesAugust 2016: 197 offencesSeptember 2016: 225 offencesOctober 2016: 266 offencesNovember 2016: 262 offencesDecember 2016: 221 offencesJanuary 2017: 199 offencesFebruary 2017: 190 offencesMarch 2017: 271 offencesApril 2017: 216 offencesMay 2017: 217 offencesJune 2017: 221 offencesJuly 2017: 200 offencesAugust 2017: 159 offencesSeptember 2017: 183 offencesOctober 2017: 224 offencesNovember 2017: 273 offencesDecember 2017: 239 offencesJanuary 2018: 193 offencesFebruary 2018: 188 offencesMarch 2018: 244 offencesApril 2018: 282 offencesMay 2018: 238 offencesJune 2018: 198 offencesJuly 2018: 221 offencesAugust 2018: 248 offencesSeptember 2018: 204 offencesOctober 2018: 187 offencesNovember 2018: 221 offencesDecember 2018: 206 offencesJanuary 2019: 247 offencesFebruary 2019: 221 offencesMarch 2019: 243 offencesApril 2019: 190 offencesMay 2019: 190 offencesJune 2019: 251 offencesJuly 2019: 251 offencesAugust 2019: 255 offencesSeptember 2019: 212 offencesOctober 2019: 210 offencesNovember 2019: 222 offencesDecember 2019: 178 offencesJanuary 2020: 201 offencesFebruary 2020: 250 offencesMarch 2020: 171 offencesApril 2020: 92 offencesMay 2020: 81 offencesJune 2020: 84 offencesJuly 2020: 113 offencesAugust 2020: 167 offencesSeptember 2020: 133 offencesOctober 2020: 166 offencesNovember 2020: 167 offencesDecember 2020: 147 offencesJanuary 2021: 88 offencesFebruary 2021: 102 offencesMarch 2021: 124 offencesApril 2021: 133 offencesMay 2021: 111 offencesJune 2021: 131 offencesJuly 2021: 118 offencesAugust 2021: 140 offencesSeptember 2021: 147 offencesOctober 2021: 192 offencesNovember 2021: 136 offencesDecember 2021: 118 offencesJanuary 2022: 120 offencesFebruary 2022: 130 offencesMarch 2022: 124 offencesApril 2022: 176 offencesMay 2022: 181 offencesJune 2022: 216 offencesJuly 2022: 171 offencesAugust 2022: 194 offencesSeptember 2022: 179 offencesOctober 2022: 200 offencesNovember 2022: 189 offencesDecember 2022: 173 offencesJanuary 2023: 298 offencesFebruary 2023: 218 offencesMarch 2023: 245 offencesApril 2023: 214 offencesMay 2023: 262 offencesJune 2023: 296 offencesJuly 2023: 288 offencesAugust 2023: 273 offencesSeptember 2023: 225 offencesOctober 2023: 201 offencesNovember 2023: 224 offencesDecember 2023: 138 offencesJanuary 2024: 181 offencesFebruary 2024: 177 offencesMarch 2024: 250 offencesApril 2024: 241 offencesMay 2024: 282 offencesJune 2024: 243 offencesJuly 2024: 251 offencesAugust 2024: 252 offencesSeptember 2024: 212 offencesOctober 2024: 198 offencesNovember 2024: 181 offencesDecember 2024: 152 offencesJanuary 2025: 208 offencesFebruary 2025: 198 offencesMarch 2025: 214 offencesApril 2025: 191 offencesMay 2025: 172 offencesJune 2025: 166 offencesJuly 2025: 189 offencesAugust 2025: 164 offencesSeptember 2025: 262 offencesOctober 2025: 236 offencesNovember 2025: 246 offencesDecember 2025: 211 offencesJanuary 2026: 205 offencesFebruary 2026: 202 offencesMarch 2026: 224 offencesApril 2026: 221 offencesMay 2026: 213 offencesJune 2026: 232 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 Kirklees

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