Police-recorded · South Tyneside · Northumbria Police

Shoplifting in South Tyneside

12 months to June 2026

12.5per 1,000 residents

Police recorded 1,898 shoplifting offences in South Tyneside in the 12 months to June 2026, down 25.1% (637) on the previous 12 months. That is 12.5 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, 151,255

Monthly, September 2011 to June 2026

Monthly recorded offences: September 2011 to June 2026CoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour0100200201520202025September 2011: 64 offencesOctober 2011: 56 offencesNovember 2011: 52 offencesDecember 2011: 48 offencesJanuary 2012: 60 offencesFebruary 2012: 76 offencesMarch 2012: 78 offencesApril 2012: 73 offencesMay 2012: 74 offencesJune 2012: 64 offencesJuly 2012: 52 offencesAugust 2012: 51 offencesSeptember 2012: 55 offencesOctober 2012: 45 offencesNovember 2012: 40 offencesDecember 2012: 37 offencesJanuary 2013: 38 offencesFebruary 2013: 56 offencesMarch 2013: 35 offencesApril 2013: 52 offencesMay 2013: 62 offencesJune 2013: 65 offencesJuly 2013: 64 offencesAugust 2013: 64 offencesSeptember 2013: 60 offencesOctober 2013: 65 offencesNovember 2013: 78 offencesDecember 2013: 58 offencesJanuary 2014: 70 offencesFebruary 2014: 69 offencesMarch 2014: 78 offencesApril 2014: 53 offencesMay 2014: 84 offencesJune 2014: 80 offencesJuly 2014: 70 offencesAugust 2014: 72 offencesSeptember 2014: 68 offencesOctober 2014: 75 offencesNovember 2014: 62 offencesDecember 2014: 71 offencesJanuary 2015: 71 offencesFebruary 2015: 66 offencesMarch 2015: 76 offencesApril 2015: 90 offencesMay 2015: 95 offencesJune 2015: 64 offencesJuly 2015: 53 offencesAugust 2015: 79 offencesSeptember 2015: 81 offencesOctober 2015: 102 offencesNovember 2015: 96 offencesDecember 2015: 84 offencesJanuary 2016: 89 offencesFebruary 2016: 80 offencesMarch 2016: 99 offencesApril 2016: 91 offencesMay 2016: 98 offencesJune 2016: 82 offencesJuly 2016: 94 offencesAugust 2016: 102 offencesSeptember 2016: 81 offencesOctober 2016: 95 offencesNovember 2016: 83 offencesDecember 2016: 79 offencesJanuary 2017: 98 offencesFebruary 2017: 91 offencesMarch 2017: 84 offencesApril 2017: 65 offencesMay 2017: 103 offencesJune 2017: 117 offencesJuly 2017: 122 offencesAugust 2017: 128 offencesSeptember 2017: 130 offencesOctober 2017: 96 offencesNovember 2017: 101 offencesDecember 2017: 82 offencesJanuary 2018: 74 offencesFebruary 2018: 91 offencesMarch 2018: 83 offencesApril 2018: 121 offencesMay 2018: 128 offencesJune 2018: 127 offencesJuly 2018: 109 offencesAugust 2018: 85 offencesSeptember 2018: 102 offencesOctober 2018: 148 offencesNovember 2018: 126 offencesDecember 2018: 96 offencesJanuary 2019: 111 offencesFebruary 2019: 96 offencesMarch 2019: 94 offencesApril 2019: 139 offencesMay 2019: 90 offencesJune 2019: 98 offencesJuly 2019: 94 offencesAugust 2019: 79 offencesSeptember 2019: 57 offencesOctober 2019: 86 offencesNovember 2019: 105 offencesDecember 2019: 69 offencesJanuary 2020: 67 offencesFebruary 2020: 65 offencesMarch 2020: 50 offencesApril 2020: 19 offencesMay 2020: 17 offencesJune 2020: 38 offencesJuly 2020: 40 offencesAugust 2020: 51 offencesSeptember 2020: 61 offencesOctober 2020: 52 offencesNovember 2020: 54 offencesDecember 2020: 62 offencesJanuary 2021: 87 offencesFebruary 2021: 52 offencesMarch 2021: 43 offencesApril 2021: 27 offencesMay 2021: 53 offencesJune 2021: 41 offencesJuly 2021: 34 offencesAugust 2021: 51 offencesSeptember 2021: 36 offencesOctober 2021: 49 offencesNovember 2021: 60 offencesDecember 2021: 47 offencesJanuary 2022: 57 offencesFebruary 2022: 52 offencesMarch 2022: 71 offencesApril 2022: 85 offencesMay 2022: 83 offencesJune 2022: 51 offencesJuly 2022: 62 offencesAugust 2022: 47 offencesSeptember 2022: 95 offencesOctober 2022: 124 offencesNovember 2022: 104 offencesDecember 2022: 107 offencesJanuary 2023: 99 offencesFebruary 2023: 180 offencesMarch 2023: 186 offencesApril 2023: 206 offencesMay 2023: 153 offencesJune 2023: 141 offencesJuly 2023: 134 offencesAugust 2023: 159 offencesSeptember 2023: 167 offencesOctober 2023: 194 offencesNovember 2023: 165 offencesDecember 2023: 131 offencesJanuary 2024: 149 offencesFebruary 2024: 108 offencesMarch 2024: 144 offencesApril 2024: 157 offencesMay 2024: 122 offencesJune 2024: 182 offencesJuly 2024: 188 offencesAugust 2024: 264 offencesSeptember 2024: 225 offencesOctober 2024: 233 offencesNovember 2024: 167 offencesDecember 2024: 209 offencesJanuary 2025: 229 offencesFebruary 2025: 240 offencesMarch 2025: 229 offencesApril 2025: 169 offencesMay 2025: 186 offencesJune 2025: 196 offencesJuly 2025: 136 offencesAugust 2025: 197 offencesSeptember 2025: 151 offencesOctober 2025: 196 offencesNovember 2025: 162 offencesDecember 2025: 106 offencesJanuary 2026: 38 offencesFebruary 2026: 99 offencesMarch 2026: 156 offencesApril 2026: 191 offencesMay 2026: 239 offencesJune 2026: 227 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 South Tyneside

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