Police-recorded · Leicester · Leicestershire Police

Shoplifting in Leicester

12 months to June 2026

8.8per 1,000 residents

Police recorded 3,369 shoplifting offences in Leicester in the 12 months to June 2026, down 13.0% (502) on the previous 12 months. That is 8.8 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, 383,116

Monthly, September 2011 to June 2026

Monthly recorded offences: September 2011 to June 2026CoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour0100200300201520202025September 2011: 287 offencesOctober 2011: 285 offencesNovember 2011: 249 offencesDecember 2011: 253 offencesJanuary 2012: 240 offencesFebruary 2012: 251 offencesMarch 2012: 246 offencesApril 2012: 244 offencesMay 2012: 268 offencesJune 2012: 229 offencesJuly 2012: 241 offencesAugust 2012: 217 offencesSeptember 2012: 192 offencesOctober 2012: 235 offencesNovember 2012: 248 offencesDecember 2012: 219 offencesJanuary 2013: 223 offencesFebruary 2013: 241 offencesMarch 2013: 220 offencesApril 2013: 254 offencesMay 2013: 268 offencesJune 2013: 222 offencesJuly 2013: 224 offencesAugust 2013: 258 offencesSeptember 2013: 254 offencesOctober 2013: 298 offencesNovember 2013: 295 offencesDecember 2013: 219 offencesJanuary 2014: 198 offencesFebruary 2014: 214 offencesMarch 2014: 252 offencesApril 2014: 204 offencesMay 2014: 257 offencesJune 2014: 214 offencesJuly 2014: 215 offencesAugust 2014: 208 offencesSeptember 2014: 188 offencesOctober 2014: 204 offencesNovember 2014: 257 offencesDecember 2014: 240 offencesJanuary 2015: 230 offencesFebruary 2015: 226 offencesMarch 2015: 233 offencesApril 2015: 215 offencesMay 2015: 190 offencesJune 2015: 228 offencesJuly 2015: 213 offencesAugust 2015: 222 offencesSeptember 2015: 203 offencesOctober 2015: 216 offencesNovember 2015: 221 offencesDecember 2015: 214 offencesJanuary 2016: 219 offencesFebruary 2016: 207 offencesMarch 2016: 254 offencesApril 2016: 240 offencesMay 2016: 228 offencesJune 2016: 224 offencesJuly 2016: 189 offencesAugust 2016: 242 offencesSeptember 2016: 230 offencesOctober 2016: 256 offencesNovember 2016: 262 offencesDecember 2016: 235 offencesJanuary 2017: 303 offencesFebruary 2017: 242 offencesMarch 2017: 299 offencesApril 2017: 218 offencesMay 2017: 263 offencesJune 2017: 266 offencesJuly 2017: 288 offencesAugust 2017: 291 offencesSeptember 2017: 259 offencesOctober 2017: 240 offencesNovember 2017: 301 offencesDecember 2017: 224 offencesJanuary 2018: 265 offencesFebruary 2018: 275 offencesMarch 2018: 235 offencesApril 2018: 251 offencesMay 2018: 300 offencesJune 2018: 250 offencesJuly 2018: 226 offencesAugust 2018: 261 offencesSeptember 2018: 276 offencesOctober 2018: 254 offencesNovember 2018: 236 offencesDecember 2018: 187 offencesJanuary 2019: 202 offencesFebruary 2019: 204 offencesMarch 2019: 227 offencesApril 2019: 193 offencesMay 2019: 193 offencesJune 2019: 174 offencesJuly 2019: 199 offencesAugust 2019: 199 offencesSeptember 2019: 191 offencesOctober 2019: 149 offencesNovember 2019: 154 offencesDecember 2019: 154 offencesJanuary 2020: 162 offencesFebruary 2020: 139 offencesMarch 2020: 114 offencesApril 2020: 66 offencesMay 2020: 87 offencesJune 2020: 74 offencesJuly 2020: 84 offencesAugust 2020: 98 offencesSeptember 2020: 136 offencesOctober 2020: 104 offencesNovember 2020: 106 offencesDecember 2020: 85 offencesJanuary 2021: 73 offencesFebruary 2021: 87 offencesMarch 2021: 72 offencesApril 2021: 90 offencesMay 2021: 77 offencesJune 2021: 97 offencesJuly 2021: 99 offencesAugust 2021: 92 offencesSeptember 2021: 117 offencesOctober 2021: 123 offencesNovember 2021: 116 offencesDecember 2021: 98 offencesJanuary 2022: 108 offencesFebruary 2022: 131 offencesMarch 2022: 143 offencesApril 2022: 167 offencesMay 2022: 160 offencesJune 2022: 161 offencesJuly 2022: 140 offencesAugust 2022: 184 offencesSeptember 2022: 152 offencesOctober 2022: 145 offencesNovember 2022: 202 offencesDecember 2022: 150 offencesJanuary 2023: 137 offencesFebruary 2023: 158 offencesMarch 2023: 205 offencesApril 2023: 162 offencesMay 2023: 211 offencesJune 2023: 227 offencesJuly 2023: 269 offencesAugust 2023: 269 offencesSeptember 2023: 211 offencesOctober 2023: 256 offencesNovember 2023: 230 offencesDecember 2023: 181 offencesJanuary 2024: 273 offencesFebruary 2024: 265 offencesMarch 2024: 275 offencesApril 2024: 295 offencesMay 2024: 235 offencesJune 2024: 275 offencesJuly 2024: 286 offencesAugust 2024: 310 offencesSeptember 2024: 297 offencesOctober 2024: 328 offencesNovember 2024: 389 offencesDecember 2024: 320 offencesJanuary 2025: 344 offencesFebruary 2025: 282 offencesMarch 2025: 262 offencesApril 2025: 342 offencesMay 2025: 329 offencesJune 2025: 382 offencesJuly 2025: 292 offencesAugust 2025: 277 offencesSeptember 2025: 225 offencesOctober 2025: 244 offencesNovember 2025: 312 offencesDecember 2025: 276 offencesJanuary 2026: 286 offencesFebruary 2026: 257 offencesMarch 2026: 289 offencesApril 2026: 322 offencesMay 2026: 304 offencesJune 2026: 285 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 Leicester

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