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Shoplifting in Leeds

12 months to June 2026

12.0per 1,000 residents

Police recorded 10,069 shoplifting offences in Leeds in the 12 months to June 2026, down 5.4% (574) on the previous 12 months. That is 12.0 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, 840,550

Monthly, September 2011 to June 2026

Monthly recorded offences: September 2011 to June 2026CoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour05001k201520202025September 2011: 360 offencesOctober 2011: 373 offencesNovember 2011: 415 offencesDecember 2011: 391 offencesJanuary 2012: 396 offencesFebruary 2012: 405 offencesMarch 2012: 518 offencesApril 2012: 458 offencesMay 2012: 512 offencesJune 2012: 421 offencesJuly 2012: 446 offencesAugust 2012: 443 offencesSeptember 2012: 395 offencesOctober 2012: 476 offencesNovember 2012: 450 offencesDecember 2012: 401 offencesJanuary 2013: 446 offencesFebruary 2013: 474 offencesMarch 2013: 504 offencesApril 2013: 493 offencesMay 2013: 559 offencesJune 2013: 507 offencesJuly 2013: 445 offencesAugust 2013: 532 offencesSeptember 2013: 469 offencesOctober 2013: 490 offencesNovember 2013: 452 offencesDecember 2013: 454 offencesJanuary 2014: 476 offencesFebruary 2014: 506 offencesMarch 2014: 623 offencesApril 2014: 506 offencesMay 2014: 463 offencesJune 2014: 396 offencesJuly 2014: 367 offencesAugust 2014: 418 offencesSeptember 2014: 371 offencesOctober 2014: 443 offencesNovember 2014: 443 offencesDecember 2014: 440 offencesJanuary 2015: 364 offencesFebruary 2015: 443 offencesMarch 2015: 539 offencesApril 2015: 495 offencesMay 2015: 521 offencesJune 2015: 459 offencesJuly 2015: 439 offencesAugust 2015: 445 offencesSeptember 2015: 412 offencesOctober 2015: 550 offencesNovember 2015: 434 offencesDecember 2015: 417 offencesJanuary 2016: 465 offencesFebruary 2016: 477 offencesMarch 2016: 500 offencesApril 2016: 497 offencesMay 2016: 515 offencesJune 2016: 506 offencesJuly 2016: 512 offencesAugust 2016: 519 offencesSeptember 2016: 512 offencesOctober 2016: 503 offencesNovember 2016: 540 offencesDecember 2016: 465 offencesJanuary 2017: 542 offencesFebruary 2017: 615 offencesMarch 2017: 599 offencesApril 2017: 587 offencesMay 2017: 578 offencesJune 2017: 485 offencesJuly 2017: 633 offencesAugust 2017: 598 offencesSeptember 2017: 548 offencesOctober 2017: 521 offencesNovember 2017: 612 offencesDecember 2017: 484 offencesJanuary 2018: 582 offencesFebruary 2018: 593 offencesMarch 2018: 606 offencesApril 2018: 662 offencesMay 2018: 656 offencesJune 2018: 621 offencesJuly 2018: 544 offencesAugust 2018: 604 offencesSeptember 2018: 552 offencesOctober 2018: 613 offencesNovember 2018: 571 offencesDecember 2018: 499 offencesJanuary 2019: 543 offencesFebruary 2019: 483 offencesMarch 2019: 574 offencesApril 2019: 513 offencesMay 2019: 512 offencesJune 2019: 520 offencesJuly 2019: 636 offencesAugust 2019: 653 offencesSeptember 2019: 610 offencesOctober 2019: 633 offencesNovember 2019: 601 offencesDecember 2019: 551 offencesJanuary 2020: 635 offencesFebruary 2020: 596 offencesMarch 2020: 463 offencesApril 2020: 233 offencesMay 2020: 214 offencesJune 2020: 278 offencesJuly 2020: 398 offencesAugust 2020: 436 offencesSeptember 2020: 412 offencesOctober 2020: 461 offencesNovember 2020: 324 offencesDecember 2020: 375 offencesJanuary 2021: 380 offencesFebruary 2021: 357 offencesMarch 2021: 407 offencesApril 2021: 379 offencesMay 2021: 439 offencesJune 2021: 462 offencesJuly 2021: 401 offencesAugust 2021: 488 offencesSeptember 2021: 480 offencesOctober 2021: 552 offencesNovember 2021: 531 offencesDecember 2021: 466 offencesJanuary 2022: 538 offencesFebruary 2022: 574 offencesMarch 2022: 571 offencesApril 2022: 624 offencesMay 2022: 693 offencesJune 2022: 648 offencesJuly 2022: 599 offencesAugust 2022: 830 offencesSeptember 2022: 755 offencesOctober 2022: 626 offencesNovember 2022: 578 offencesDecember 2022: 575 offencesJanuary 2023: 714 offencesFebruary 2023: 834 offencesMarch 2023: 851 offencesApril 2023: 736 offencesMay 2023: 773 offencesJune 2023: 767 offencesJuly 2023: 828 offencesAugust 2023: 958 offencesSeptember 2023: 874 offencesOctober 2023: 966 offencesNovember 2023: 843 offencesDecember 2023: 801 offencesJanuary 2024: 776 offencesFebruary 2024: 793 offencesMarch 2024: 1,063 offencesApril 2024: 898 offencesMay 2024: 872 offencesJune 2024: 795 offencesJuly 2024: 852 offencesAugust 2024: 944 offencesSeptember 2024: 864 offencesOctober 2024: 965 offencesNovember 2024: 941 offencesDecember 2024: 749 offencesJanuary 2025: 851 offencesFebruary 2025: 971 offencesMarch 2025: 910 offencesApril 2025: 934 offencesMay 2025: 875 offencesJune 2025: 787 offencesJuly 2025: 851 offencesAugust 2025: 858 offencesSeptember 2025: 827 offencesOctober 2025: 901 offencesNovember 2025: 826 offencesDecember 2025: 728 offencesJanuary 2026: 831 offencesFebruary 2026: 770 offencesMarch 2026: 869 offencesApril 2026: 827 offencesMay 2026: 878 offencesJune 2026: 903 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 Leeds

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