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Shoplifting in Milton Keynes

12 months to June 2026

10.4per 1,000 residents

Police recorded 3,225 shoplifting offences in Milton Keynes in the 12 months to June 2026, up 2.2% (70) on the previous 12 months. That is 10.4 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, 308,866

Monthly, September 2011 to June 2026

Monthly recorded offences: September 2011 to June 2026CoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour0100200300201520202025September 2011: 178 offencesOctober 2011: 201 offencesNovember 2011: 259 offencesDecember 2011: 192 offencesJanuary 2012: 178 offencesFebruary 2012: 196 offencesMarch 2012: 197 offencesApril 2012: 195 offencesMay 2012: 206 offencesJune 2012: 206 offencesJuly 2012: 225 offencesAugust 2012: 207 offencesSeptember 2012: 193 offencesOctober 2012: 221 offencesNovember 2012: 222 offencesDecember 2012: 158 offencesJanuary 2013: 226 offencesFebruary 2013: 196 offencesMarch 2013: 173 offencesApril 2013: 231 offencesMay 2013: 194 offencesJune 2013: 212 offencesJuly 2013: 197 offencesAugust 2013: 195 offencesSeptember 2013: 165 offencesOctober 2013: 181 offencesNovember 2013: 195 offencesDecember 2013: 205 offencesJanuary 2014: 181 offencesFebruary 2014: 168 offencesMarch 2014: 205 offencesApril 2014: 200 offencesMay 2014: 238 offencesJune 2014: 209 offencesJuly 2014: 208 offencesAugust 2014: 226 offencesSeptember 2014: 193 offencesOctober 2014: 168 offencesNovember 2014: 153 offencesDecember 2014: 181 offencesJanuary 2015: 211 offencesFebruary 2015: 221 offencesMarch 2015: 225 offencesApril 2015: 231 offencesMay 2015: 223 offencesJune 2015: 218 offencesJuly 2015: 180 offencesAugust 2015: 198 offencesSeptember 2015: 212 offencesOctober 2015: 189 offencesNovember 2015: 200 offencesDecember 2015: 172 offencesJanuary 2016: 190 offencesFebruary 2016: 220 offencesMarch 2016: 213 offencesApril 2016: 238 offencesMay 2016: 222 offencesJune 2016: 210 offencesJuly 2016: 153 offencesAugust 2016: 210 offencesSeptember 2016: 192 offencesOctober 2016: 174 offencesNovember 2016: 186 offencesDecember 2016: 178 offencesJanuary 2017: 226 offencesFebruary 2017: 229 offencesMarch 2017: 239 offencesApril 2017: 201 offencesMay 2017: 212 offencesJune 2017: 192 offencesJuly 2017: 205 offencesAugust 2017: 193 offencesSeptember 2017: 205 offencesOctober 2017: 189 offencesNovember 2017: 190 offencesDecember 2017: 182 offencesJanuary 2018: 192 offencesFebruary 2018: 183 offencesMarch 2018: 176 offencesApril 2018: 171 offencesMay 2018: 194 offencesJune 2018: 171 offencesJuly 2018: 165 offencesAugust 2018: 167 offencesSeptember 2018: 138 offencesOctober 2018: 157 offencesNovember 2018: 127 offencesDecember 2018: 133 offencesJanuary 2019: 165 offencesFebruary 2019: 148 offencesMarch 2019: 172 offencesApril 2019: 173 offencesMay 2019: 164 offencesJune 2019: 154 offencesJuly 2019: 240 offencesAugust 2019: 166 offencesSeptember 2019: 223 offencesOctober 2019: 218 offencesNovember 2019: 218 offencesDecember 2019: 136 offencesJanuary 2020: 205 offencesFebruary 2020: 140 offencesMarch 2020: 97 offencesApril 2020: 71 offencesMay 2020: 78 offencesJune 2020: 79 offencesJuly 2020: 83 offencesAugust 2020: 81 offencesSeptember 2020: 118 offencesOctober 2020: 90 offencesNovember 2020: 55 offencesDecember 2020: 53 offencesJanuary 2021: 44 offencesFebruary 2021: 84 offencesMarch 2021: 79 offencesApril 2021: 88 offencesMay 2021: 96 offencesJune 2021: 91 offencesJuly 2021: 139 offencesAugust 2021: 125 offencesSeptember 2021: 113 offencesOctober 2021: 105 offencesNovember 2021: 91 offencesDecember 2021: 78 offencesJanuary 2022: 103 offencesFebruary 2022: 99 offencesMarch 2022: 111 offencesApril 2022: 151 offencesMay 2022: 148 offencesJune 2022: 141 offencesJuly 2022: 152 offencesAugust 2022: 153 offencesSeptember 2022: 135 offencesOctober 2022: 142 offencesNovember 2022: 103 offencesDecember 2022: 124 offencesJanuary 2023: 159 offencesFebruary 2023: 204 offencesMarch 2023: 196 offencesApril 2023: 234 offencesMay 2023: 198 offencesJune 2023: 213 offencesJuly 2023: 227 offencesAugust 2023: 214 offencesSeptember 2023: 189 offencesOctober 2023: 157 offencesNovember 2023: 264 offencesDecember 2023: 206 offencesJanuary 2024: 233 offencesFebruary 2024: 219 offencesMarch 2024: 232 offencesApril 2024: 345 offencesMay 2024: 274 offencesJune 2024: 286 offencesJuly 2024: 265 offencesAugust 2024: 217 offencesSeptember 2024: 233 offencesOctober 2024: 279 offencesNovember 2024: 269 offencesDecember 2024: 253 offencesJanuary 2025: 316 offencesFebruary 2025: 249 offencesMarch 2025: 275 offencesApril 2025: 252 offencesMay 2025: 302 offencesJune 2025: 245 offencesJuly 2025: 286 offencesAugust 2025: 219 offencesSeptember 2025: 218 offencesOctober 2025: 258 offencesNovember 2025: 285 offencesDecember 2025: 232 offencesJanuary 2026: 256 offencesFebruary 2026: 249 offencesMarch 2026: 315 offencesApril 2026: 301 offencesMay 2026: 296 offencesJune 2026: 310 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 Milton Keynes

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