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Shoplifting in Newham

12 months to June 2026

11.1per 1,000 residents

Police recorded 4,172 shoplifting offences in Newham in the 12 months to June 2026, down 11.6% (548) on the previous 12 months. That is 11.1 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, 376,542

Monthly, September 2011 to June 2026

Monthly recorded offences: September 2011 to June 2026CoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour0200400201520202025September 2011: 90 offencesOctober 2011: 95 offencesNovember 2011: 72 offencesDecember 2011: 71 offencesJanuary 2012: 93 offencesFebruary 2012: 98 offencesMarch 2012: 102 offencesApril 2012: 112 offencesMay 2012: 125 offencesJune 2012: 97 offencesJuly 2012: 118 offencesAugust 2012: 96 offencesSeptember 2012: 88 offencesOctober 2012: 95 offencesNovember 2012: 124 offencesDecember 2012: 107 offencesJanuary 2013: 128 offencesFebruary 2013: 95 offencesMarch 2013: 96 offencesApril 2013: 115 offencesMay 2013: 111 offencesJune 2013: 109 offencesJuly 2013: 91 offencesAugust 2013: 101 offencesSeptember 2013: 104 offencesOctober 2013: 113 offencesNovember 2013: 147 offencesDecember 2013: 122 offencesJanuary 2014: 130 offencesFebruary 2014: 129 offencesMarch 2014: 137 offencesApril 2014: 132 offencesMay 2014: 128 offencesJune 2014: 156 offencesJuly 2014: 135 offencesAugust 2014: 131 offencesSeptember 2014: 126 offencesOctober 2014: 138 offencesNovember 2014: 155 offencesDecember 2014: 135 offencesJanuary 2015: 167 offencesFebruary 2015: 133 offencesMarch 2015: 169 offencesApril 2015: 123 offencesMay 2015: 113 offencesJune 2015: 167 offencesJuly 2015: 132 offencesAugust 2015: 129 offencesSeptember 2015: 107 offencesOctober 2015: 117 offencesNovember 2015: 115 offencesDecember 2015: 124 offencesJanuary 2016: 124 offencesFebruary 2016: 139 offencesMarch 2016: 147 offencesApril 2016: 137 offencesMay 2016: 151 offencesJune 2016: 162 offencesJuly 2016: 165 offencesAugust 2016: 178 offencesSeptember 2016: 133 offencesOctober 2016: 184 offencesNovember 2016: 161 offencesDecember 2016: 207 offencesJanuary 2017: 188 offencesFebruary 2017: 211 offencesMarch 2017: 216 offencesApril 2017: 193 offencesMay 2017: 175 offencesJune 2017: 182 offencesJuly 2017: 186 offencesAugust 2017: 192 offencesSeptember 2017: 193 offencesOctober 2017: 186 offencesNovember 2017: 221 offencesDecember 2017: 159 offencesJanuary 2018: 209 offencesFebruary 2018: 158 offencesMarch 2018: 170 offencesApril 2018: 234 offencesMay 2018: 209 offencesJune 2018: 190 offencesJuly 2018: 206 offencesAugust 2018: 176 offencesSeptember 2018: 173 offencesOctober 2018: 207 offencesNovember 2018: 166 offencesDecember 2018: 183 offencesJanuary 2019: 165 offencesFebruary 2019: 181 offencesMarch 2019: 166 offencesApril 2019: 158 offencesMay 2019: 189 offencesJune 2019: 162 offencesJuly 2019: 173 offencesAugust 2019: 194 offencesSeptember 2019: 185 offencesOctober 2019: 207 offencesNovember 2019: 174 offencesDecember 2019: 156 offencesJanuary 2020: 179 offencesFebruary 2020: 199 offencesMarch 2020: 165 offencesApril 2020: 62 offencesMay 2020: 101 offencesJune 2020: 135 offencesJuly 2020: 142 offencesAugust 2020: 134 offencesSeptember 2020: 155 offencesOctober 2020: 148 offencesNovember 2020: 140 offencesDecember 2020: 145 offencesJanuary 2021: 96 offencesFebruary 2021: 113 offencesMarch 2021: 129 offencesApril 2021: 158 offencesMay 2021: 160 offencesJune 2021: 177 offencesJuly 2021: 171 offencesAugust 2021: 222 offencesSeptember 2021: 171 offencesOctober 2021: 161 offencesNovember 2021: 163 offencesDecember 2021: 142 offencesJanuary 2022: 149 offencesFebruary 2022: 133 offencesMarch 2022: 133 offencesApril 2022: 153 offencesMay 2022: 132 offencesJune 2022: 146 offencesJuly 2022: 156 offencesAugust 2022: 157 offencesSeptember 2022: 120 offencesOctober 2022: 165 offencesNovember 2022: 161 offencesDecember 2022: 131 offencesJanuary 2023: 141 offencesFebruary 2023: 146 offencesMarch 2023: 161 offencesApril 2023: 158 offencesMay 2023: 154 offencesJune 2023: 193 offencesJuly 2023: 187 offencesAugust 2023: 211 offencesSeptember 2023: 221 offencesOctober 2023: 220 offencesNovember 2023: 207 offencesDecember 2023: 197 offencesJanuary 2024: 221 offencesFebruary 2024: 193 offencesMarch 2024: 256 offencesApril 2024: 368 offencesMay 2024: 281 offencesJune 2024: 301 offencesJuly 2024: 334 offencesAugust 2024: 375 offencesSeptember 2024: 387 offencesOctober 2024: 409 offencesNovember 2024: 397 offencesDecember 2024: 399 offencesJanuary 2025: 395 offencesFebruary 2025: 406 offencesMarch 2025: 354 offencesApril 2025: 355 offencesMay 2025: 477 offencesJune 2025: 432 offencesJuly 2025: 383 offencesAugust 2025: 428 offencesSeptember 2025: 380 offencesOctober 2025: 411 offencesNovember 2025: 341 offencesDecember 2025: 301 offencesJanuary 2026: 260 offencesFebruary 2026: 259 offencesMarch 2026: 347 offencesApril 2026: 365 offencesMay 2026: 354 offencesJune 2026: 343 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 Newham

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