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Shoplifting in Newport

12 months to June 2026

12.0per 1,000 residents

Police recorded 2,027 shoplifting offences in Newport in the 12 months to June 2026, down 5.7% (122) 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, 168,584

Monthly, September 2011 to June 2026

Monthly recorded offences: September 2011 to June 2026CoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour0100200201520202025September 2011: 118 offencesOctober 2011: 148 offencesNovember 2011: 141 offencesDecember 2011: 127 offencesJanuary 2012: 139 offencesFebruary 2012: 149 offencesMarch 2012: 125 offencesApril 2012: 113 offencesMay 2012: 108 offencesJune 2012: 122 offencesJuly 2012: 122 offencesAugust 2012: 132 offencesSeptember 2012: 149 offencesOctober 2012: 134 offencesNovember 2012: 124 offencesDecember 2012: 115 offencesJanuary 2013: 142 offencesFebruary 2013: 125 offencesMarch 2013: 139 offencesApril 2013: 118 offencesMay 2013: 103 offencesJune 2013: 121 offencesJuly 2013: 116 offencesAugust 2013: 114 offencesSeptember 2013: 118 offencesOctober 2013: 106 offencesNovember 2013: 102 offencesDecember 2013: 96 offencesJanuary 2014: 87 offencesFebruary 2014: 108 offencesMarch 2014: 134 offencesApril 2014: 102 offencesMay 2014: 112 offencesJune 2014: 118 offencesJuly 2014: 101 offencesAugust 2014: 101 offencesSeptember 2014: 114 offencesOctober 2014: 121 offencesNovember 2014: 147 offencesDecember 2014: 113 offencesJanuary 2015: 73 offencesFebruary 2015: 102 offencesMarch 2015: 133 offencesApril 2015: 99 offencesMay 2015: 136 offencesJune 2015: 89 offencesJuly 2015: 102 offencesAugust 2015: 101 offencesSeptember 2015: 107 offencesOctober 2015: 101 offencesNovember 2015: 104 offencesDecember 2015: 115 offencesJanuary 2016: 122 offencesFebruary 2016: 165 offencesMarch 2016: 154 offencesApril 2016: 164 offencesMay 2016: 140 offencesJune 2016: 181 offencesJuly 2016: 152 offencesAugust 2016: 177 offencesSeptember 2016: 149 offencesOctober 2016: 130 offencesNovember 2016: 156 offencesDecember 2016: 153 offencesJanuary 2017: 153 offencesFebruary 2017: 190 offencesMarch 2017: 205 offencesApril 2017: 199 offencesMay 2017: 153 offencesJune 2017: 148 offencesJuly 2017: 148 offencesAugust 2017: 122 offencesSeptember 2017: 128 offencesOctober 2017: 123 offencesNovember 2017: 146 offencesDecember 2017: 133 offencesJanuary 2018: 168 offencesFebruary 2018: 131 offencesMarch 2018: 159 offencesApril 2018: 172 offencesMay 2018: 161 offencesJune 2018: 169 offencesJuly 2018: 102 offencesAugust 2018: 104 offencesSeptember 2018: 129 offencesOctober 2018: 124 offencesNovember 2018: 116 offencesDecember 2018: 147 offencesJanuary 2019: 166 offencesFebruary 2019: 103 offencesMarch 2019: 107 offencesApril 2019: 103 offencesMay 2019: 102 offencesJune 2019: 121 offencesJuly 2019: 139 offencesAugust 2019: 144 offencesSeptember 2019: 101 offencesOctober 2019: 137 offencesNovember 2019: 139 offencesDecember 2019: 125 offencesJanuary 2020: 111 offencesFebruary 2020: 142 offencesMarch 2020: 117 offencesApril 2020: 54 offencesMay 2020: 65 offencesJune 2020: 74 offencesJuly 2020: 76 offencesAugust 2020: 94 offencesSeptember 2020: 61 offencesOctober 2020: 85 offencesNovember 2020: 84 offencesDecember 2020: 92 offencesJanuary 2021: 74 offencesFebruary 2021: 54 offencesMarch 2021: 70 offencesApril 2021: 86 offencesMay 2021: 90 offencesJune 2021: 85 offencesJuly 2021: 75 offencesAugust 2021: 66 offencesSeptember 2021: 93 offencesOctober 2021: 90 offencesNovember 2021: 119 offencesDecember 2021: 78 offencesJanuary 2022: 71 offencesFebruary 2022: 77 offencesMarch 2022: 96 offencesApril 2022: 94 offencesMay 2022: 106 offencesJune 2022: 99 offencesJuly 2022: 65 offencesAugust 2022: 104 offencesSeptember 2022: 96 offencesOctober 2022: 100 offencesNovember 2022: 146 offencesDecember 2022: 151 offencesJanuary 2023: 164 offencesFebruary 2023: 143 offencesMarch 2023: 133 offencesApril 2023: 134 offencesMay 2023: 106 offencesJune 2023: 162 offencesJuly 2023: 140 offencesAugust 2023: 180 offencesSeptember 2023: 186 offencesOctober 2023: 231 offencesNovember 2023: 211 offencesDecember 2023: 119 offencesJanuary 2024: 164 offencesFebruary 2024: 187 offencesMarch 2024: 267 offencesApril 2024: 260 offencesMay 2024: 224 offencesJune 2024: 263 offencesJuly 2024: 286 offencesAugust 2024: 179 offencesSeptember 2024: 209 offencesOctober 2024: 196 offencesNovember 2024: 147 offencesDecember 2024: 153 offencesJanuary 2025: 156 offencesFebruary 2025: 170 offencesMarch 2025: 185 offencesApril 2025: 153 offencesMay 2025: 178 offencesJune 2025: 137 offencesJuly 2025: 147 offencesAugust 2025: 161 offencesSeptember 2025: 174 offencesOctober 2025: 175 offencesNovember 2025: 184 offencesDecember 2025: 182 offencesJanuary 2026: 166 offencesFebruary 2026: 119 offencesMarch 2026: 173 offencesApril 2026: 180 offencesMay 2026: 185 offencesJune 2026: 181 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 Newport

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