Police-recorded · Rossendale · Lancashire Constabulary

Shoplifting in Rossendale

12 months to June 2026

4.8per 1,000 residents

Police recorded 357 shoplifting offences in Rossendale in the 12 months to June 2026, up 36.8% (96) on the previous 12 months. That is 4.8 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, 73,688

Monthly, September 2011 to June 2026

Monthly recorded offences: September 2011 to June 2026CoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour02040201520202025September 2011: 19 offencesOctober 2011: 18 offencesNovember 2011: 12 offencesDecember 2011: 28 offencesJanuary 2012: 11 offencesFebruary 2012: 8 offencesMarch 2012: 16 offencesApril 2012: 15 offencesMay 2012: 18 offencesJune 2012: 12 offencesJuly 2012: 11 offencesAugust 2012: 24 offencesSeptember 2012: 16 offencesOctober 2012: 20 offencesNovember 2012: 22 offencesDecember 2012: 16 offencesJanuary 2013: 15 offencesFebruary 2013: 17 offencesMarch 2013: 15 offencesApril 2013: 20 offencesMay 2013: 23 offencesJune 2013: 11 offencesJuly 2013: 13 offencesAugust 2013: 7 offencesSeptember 2013: 8 offencesOctober 2013: 16 offencesNovember 2013: 11 offencesDecember 2013: 15 offencesJanuary 2014: 19 offencesFebruary 2014: 21 offencesMarch 2014: 8 offencesApril 2014: 21 offencesMay 2014: 14 offencesJune 2014: 18 offencesJuly 2014: 13 offencesAugust 2014: 18 offencesSeptember 2014: 10 offencesOctober 2014: 14 offencesNovember 2014: 21 offencesDecember 2014: 15 offencesJanuary 2015: 6 offencesFebruary 2015: 9 offencesMarch 2015: 13 offencesApril 2015: 12 offencesMay 2015: 20 offencesJune 2015: 22 offencesJuly 2015: 21 offencesAugust 2015: 18 offencesSeptember 2015: 22 offencesOctober 2015: 13 offencesNovember 2015: 18 offencesDecember 2015: 15 offencesJanuary 2016: 20 offencesFebruary 2016: 22 offencesMarch 2016: 10 offencesApril 2016: 28 offencesMay 2016: 20 offencesJune 2016: 21 offencesJuly 2016: 18 offencesAugust 2016: 27 offencesSeptember 2016: 32 offencesOctober 2016: 15 offencesNovember 2016: 14 offencesDecember 2016: 16 offencesJanuary 2017: 25 offencesFebruary 2017: 15 offencesMarch 2017: 22 offencesApril 2017: 13 offencesMay 2017: 29 offencesJune 2017: 19 offencesJuly 2017: 16 offencesAugust 2017: 23 offencesSeptember 2017: 21 offencesOctober 2017: 21 offencesNovember 2017: 21 offencesDecember 2017: 18 offencesJanuary 2018: 17 offencesFebruary 2018: 25 offencesMarch 2018: 18 offencesApril 2018: 25 offencesMay 2018: 22 offencesJune 2018: 31 offencesJuly 2018: 36 offencesAugust 2018: 51 offencesSeptember 2018: 49 offencesOctober 2018: 36 offencesNovember 2018: 34 offencesDecember 2018: 22 offencesJanuary 2019: 33 offencesFebruary 2019: 23 offencesMarch 2019: 25 offencesApril 2019: 31 offencesMay 2019: 25 offencesJune 2019: 23 offencesJuly 2019: 30 offencesAugust 2019: 33 offencesSeptember 2019: 23 offencesOctober 2019: 29 offencesNovember 2019: 31 offencesDecember 2019: 19 offencesJanuary 2020: 25 offencesFebruary 2020: 28 offencesMarch 2020: 21 offencesApril 2020: 17 offencesMay 2020: 14 offencesJune 2020: 19 offencesJuly 2020: 17 offencesAugust 2020: 30 offencesSeptember 2020: 27 offencesOctober 2020: 26 offencesNovember 2020: 21 offencesDecember 2020: 17 offencesJanuary 2021: 23 offencesFebruary 2021: 13 offencesMarch 2021: 17 offencesApril 2021: 7 offencesMay 2021: 10 offencesJune 2021: 6 offencesJuly 2021: 11 offencesAugust 2021: 19 offencesSeptember 2021: 8 offencesOctober 2021: 14 offencesNovember 2021: 14 offencesDecember 2021: 20 offencesJanuary 2022: 27 offencesFebruary 2022: 19 offencesMarch 2022: 16 offencesApril 2022: 23 offencesMay 2022: 16 offencesJune 2022: 13 offencesJuly 2022: 13 offencesAugust 2022: 19 offencesSeptember 2022: 19 offencesOctober 2022: 18 offencesNovember 2022: 11 offencesDecember 2022: 18 offencesJanuary 2023: 19 offencesFebruary 2023: 7 offencesMarch 2023: 18 offencesApril 2023: 17 offencesMay 2023: 19 offencesJune 2023: 29 offencesJuly 2023: 29 offencesAugust 2023: 34 offencesSeptember 2023: 12 offencesOctober 2023: 45 offencesNovember 2023: 24 offencesDecember 2023: 26 offencesJanuary 2024: 34 offencesFebruary 2024: 27 offencesMarch 2024: 38 offencesApril 2024: 45 offencesMay 2024: 21 offencesJune 2024: 35 offencesJuly 2024: 26 offencesAugust 2024: 38 offencesSeptember 2024: 16 offencesOctober 2024: 13 offencesNovember 2024: 17 offencesDecember 2024: 16 offencesJanuary 2025: 18 offencesFebruary 2025: 39 offencesMarch 2025: 16 offencesApril 2025: 14 offencesMay 2025: 22 offencesJune 2025: 26 offencesJuly 2025: 25 offencesAugust 2025: 17 offencesSeptember 2025: 18 offencesOctober 2025: 12 offencesNovember 2025: 18 offencesDecember 2025: 29 offencesJanuary 2026: 35 offencesFebruary 2026: 38 offencesMarch 2026: 45 offencesApril 2026: 43 offencesMay 2026: 36 offencesJune 2026: 41 offences

Offences recorded in this category each month, from the street-level archivePublished valueProvisional or revisedLatestShaded bands: governments (see labels)Hover, tap or use arrow keys to read a value; tap again to unpin
The chart as a table
PeriodMonthly recorded offences
September 201119 offences
October 201118 offences
November 201112 offences
December 201128 offences
January 201211 offences
February 20128 offences
March 201216 offences
April 201215 offences
May 201218 offences
June 201212 offences
July 201211 offences
August 201224 offences
September 201216 offences
October 201220 offences
November 201222 offences
December 201216 offences
January 201315 offences
February 201317 offences
March 201315 offences
April 201320 offences
May 201323 offences
June 201311 offences
July 201313 offences
August 20137 offences
September 20138 offences
October 201316 offences
November 201311 offences
December 201315 offences
January 201419 offences
February 201421 offences
March 20148 offences
April 201421 offences
May 201414 offences
June 201418 offences
July 201413 offences
August 201418 offences
September 201410 offences
October 201414 offences
November 201421 offences
December 201415 offences
January 20156 offences
February 20159 offences
March 201513 offences
April 201512 offences
May 201520 offences
June 201522 offences
July 201521 offences
August 201518 offences
September 201522 offences
October 201513 offences
November 201518 offences
December 201515 offences
January 201620 offences
February 201622 offences
March 201610 offences
April 201628 offences
May 201620 offences
June 201621 offences
July 201618 offences
August 201627 offences
September 201632 offences
October 201615 offences
November 201614 offences
December 201616 offences
January 201725 offences
February 201715 offences
March 201722 offences
April 201713 offences
May 201729 offences
June 201719 offences
July 201716 offences
August 201723 offences
September 201721 offences
October 201721 offences
November 201721 offences
December 201718 offences
January 201817 offences
February 201825 offences
March 201818 offences
April 201825 offences
May 201822 offences
June 201831 offences
July 201836 offences
August 201851 offences
September 201849 offences
October 201836 offences
November 201834 offences
December 201822 offences
January 201933 offences
February 201923 offences
March 201925 offences
April 201931 offences
May 201925 offences
June 201923 offences
July 201930 offences
August 201933 offences
September 201923 offences
October 201929 offences
November 201931 offences
December 201919 offences
January 202025 offences
February 202028 offences
March 202021 offences
April 202017 offences
May 202014 offences
June 202019 offences
July 202017 offences
August 202030 offences
September 202027 offences
October 202026 offences
November 202021 offences
December 202017 offences
January 202123 offences
February 202113 offences
March 202117 offences
April 20217 offences
May 202110 offences
June 20216 offences
July 202111 offences
August 202119 offences
September 20218 offences
October 202114 offences
November 202114 offences
December 202120 offences
January 202227 offences
February 202219 offences
March 202216 offences
April 202223 offences
May 202216 offences
June 202213 offences
July 202213 offences
August 202219 offences
September 202219 offences
October 202218 offences
November 202211 offences
December 202218 offences
January 202319 offences
February 20237 offences
March 202318 offences
April 202317 offences
May 202319 offences
June 202329 offences
July 202329 offences
August 202334 offences
September 202312 offences
October 202345 offences
November 202324 offences
December 202326 offences
January 202434 offences
February 202427 offences
March 202438 offences
April 202445 offences
May 202421 offences
June 202435 offences
July 202426 offences
August 202438 offences
September 202416 offences
October 202413 offences
November 202417 offences
December 202416 offences
January 202518 offences
February 202539 offences
March 202516 offences
April 202514 offences
May 202522 offences
June 202526 offences
July 202525 offences
August 202517 offences
September 202518 offences
October 202512 offences
November 202518 offences
December 202529 offences
January 202635 offences
February 202638 offences
March 202645 offences
April 202643 offences
May 202636 offences
June 202641 offences

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 Rossendale

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