Police-recorded · Rotherham · South Yorkshire Police

Shoplifting in Rotherham

12 months to June 2026

10.5per 1,000 residents

Police recorded 2,938 shoplifting offences in Rotherham in the 12 months to June 2026, up 48.5% (959) on the previous 12 months. That is 10.5 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, 279,161

Monthly, September 2011 to June 2026

Monthly recorded offences: September 2011 to June 2026CoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour0100200300201520202025September 2011: 110 offencesOctober 2011: 115 offencesNovember 2011: 137 offencesDecember 2011: 122 offencesJanuary 2012: 101 offencesFebruary 2012: 117 offencesMarch 2012: 130 offencesApril 2012: 108 offencesMay 2012: 119 offencesJune 2012: 132 offencesJuly 2012: 134 offencesAugust 2012: 108 offencesSeptember 2012: 144 offencesOctober 2012: 115 offencesNovember 2012: 144 offencesDecember 2012: 100 offencesJanuary 2013: 135 offencesFebruary 2013: 165 offencesMarch 2013: 172 offencesApril 2013: 171 offencesMay 2013: 143 offencesJune 2013: 174 offencesJuly 2013: 137 offencesAugust 2013: 155 offencesSeptember 2013: 129 offencesOctober 2013: 188 offencesNovember 2013: 136 offencesDecember 2013: 155 offencesJanuary 2014: 175 offencesFebruary 2014: 127 offencesMarch 2014: 149 offencesApril 2014: 98 offencesMay 2014: 122 offencesJune 2014: 131 offencesJuly 2014: 130 offencesAugust 2014: 141 offencesSeptember 2014: 139 offencesOctober 2014: 144 offencesNovember 2014: 128 offencesDecember 2014: 124 offencesJanuary 2015: 122 offencesFebruary 2015: 133 offencesMarch 2015: 134 offencesApril 2015: 138 offencesMay 2015: 152 offencesJune 2015: 180 offencesJuly 2015: 137 offencesAugust 2015: 144 offencesSeptember 2015: 98 offencesOctober 2015: 147 offencesNovember 2015: 143 offencesDecember 2015: 106 offencesJanuary 2016: 102 offencesFebruary 2016: 148 offencesMarch 2016: 143 offencesApril 2016: 175 offencesMay 2016: 152 offencesJune 2016: 115 offencesJuly 2016: 152 offencesAugust 2016: 158 offencesSeptember 2016: 139 offencesOctober 2016: 153 offencesNovember 2016: 153 offencesDecember 2016: 142 offencesJanuary 2017: 144 offencesFebruary 2017: 124 offencesMarch 2017: 141 offencesApril 2017: 129 offencesMay 2017: 153 offencesJune 2017: 152 offencesJuly 2017: 131 offencesAugust 2017: 168 offencesSeptember 2017: 168 offencesOctober 2017: 147 offencesNovember 2017: 136 offencesDecember 2017: 136 offencesJanuary 2018: 125 offencesFebruary 2018: 129 offencesMarch 2018: 172 offencesApril 2018: 143 offencesMay 2018: 143 offencesJune 2018: 137 offencesJuly 2018: 169 offencesAugust 2018: 152 offencesSeptember 2018: 141 offencesOctober 2018: 144 offencesNovember 2018: 107 offencesDecember 2018: 115 offencesJanuary 2019: 129 offencesFebruary 2019: 129 offencesMarch 2019: 136 offencesApril 2019: 147 offencesMay 2019: 114 offencesJune 2019: 153 offencesJuly 2019: 162 offencesAugust 2019: 124 offencesSeptember 2019: 174 offencesOctober 2019: 153 offencesNovember 2019: 140 offencesDecember 2019: 135 offencesJanuary 2020: 129 offencesFebruary 2020: 166 offencesMarch 2020: 119 offencesApril 2020: 47 offencesMay 2020: 49 offencesJune 2020: 45 offencesJuly 2020: 80 offencesAugust 2020: 70 offencesSeptember 2020: 99 offencesOctober 2020: 96 offencesNovember 2020: 78 offencesDecember 2020: 59 offencesJanuary 2021: 51 offencesFebruary 2021: 71 offencesMarch 2021: 82 offencesApril 2021: 111 offencesMay 2021: 80 offencesJune 2021: 71 offencesJuly 2021: 99 offencesAugust 2021: 82 offencesSeptember 2021: 96 offencesOctober 2021: 101 offencesNovember 2021: 91 offencesDecember 2021: 72 offencesJanuary 2022: 73 offencesFebruary 2022: 73 offencesMarch 2022: 85 offencesApril 2022: 75 offencesMay 2022: 120 offencesJune 2022: 74 offencesJuly 2022: 97 offencesAugust 2022: 113 offencesSeptember 2022: 106 offencesOctober 2022: 109 offencesNovember 2022: 78 offencesDecember 2022: 148 offencesJanuary 2023: 163 offencesFebruary 2023: 138 offencesMarch 2023: 191 offencesApril 2023: 162 offencesMay 2023: 136 offencesJune 2023: 131 offencesJuly 2023: 183 offencesAugust 2023: 150 offencesSeptember 2023: 164 offencesOctober 2023: 164 offencesNovember 2023: 132 offencesDecember 2023: 111 offencesJanuary 2024: 139 offencesFebruary 2024: 119 offencesMarch 2024: 154 offencesApril 2024: 199 offencesMay 2024: 168 offencesJune 2024: 141 offencesJuly 2024: 137 offencesAugust 2024: 188 offencesSeptember 2024: 160 offencesOctober 2024: 136 offencesNovember 2024: 182 offencesDecember 2024: 159 offencesJanuary 2025: 119 offencesFebruary 2025: 147 offencesMarch 2025: 195 offencesApril 2025: 202 offencesMay 2025: 185 offencesJune 2025: 169 offencesJuly 2025: 145 offencesAugust 2025: 207 offencesSeptember 2025: 150 offencesOctober 2025: 206 offencesNovember 2025: 262 offencesDecember 2025: 224 offencesJanuary 2026: 226 offencesFebruary 2026: 231 offencesMarch 2026: 290 offencesApril 2026: 369 offencesMay 2026: 343 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 Rotherham

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