Police-recorded · Walsall · West Midlands Police

Shoplifting in Walsall

12 months to June 2026

11.3per 1,000 residents

Police recorded 3,331 shoplifting offences in Walsall in the 12 months to June 2026, down 18.7% (764) on the previous 12 months. That is 11.3 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, 295,722

Monthly, September 2011 to June 2026

Monthly recorded offences: September 2011 to June 2026CoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour0200400201520202025September 2011: 181 offencesOctober 2011: 168 offencesNovember 2011: 177 offencesDecember 2011: 142 offencesJanuary 2012: 201 offencesFebruary 2012: 146 offencesMarch 2012: 148 offencesApril 2012: 94 offencesMay 2012: 124 offencesJune 2012: 123 offencesJuly 2012: 114 offencesAugust 2012: 123 offencesSeptember 2012: 173 offencesOctober 2012: 136 offencesNovember 2012: 159 offencesDecember 2012: 156 offencesJanuary 2013: 149 offencesFebruary 2013: 171 offencesMarch 2013: 194 offencesApril 2013: 180 offencesMay 2013: 149 offencesJune 2013: 144 offencesJuly 2013: 165 offencesAugust 2013: 154 offencesSeptember 2013: 139 offencesOctober 2013: 165 offencesNovember 2013: 172 offencesDecember 2013: 148 offencesJanuary 2014: 150 offencesFebruary 2014: 147 offencesMarch 2014: 142 offencesApril 2014: 123 offencesMay 2014: 153 offencesJune 2014: 174 offencesJuly 2014: 184 offencesAugust 2014: 197 offencesSeptember 2014: 174 offencesOctober 2014: 170 offencesNovember 2014: 186 offencesDecember 2014: 156 offencesJanuary 2015: 174 offencesFebruary 2015: 194 offencesMarch 2015: 168 offencesApril 2015: 168 offencesMay 2015: 160 offencesJune 2015: 146 offencesJuly 2015: 134 offencesAugust 2015: 142 offencesSeptember 2015: 147 offencesOctober 2015: 201 offencesNovember 2015: 168 offencesDecember 2015: 170 offencesJanuary 2016: 170 offencesFebruary 2016: 167 offencesMarch 2016: 166 offencesApril 2016: 154 offencesMay 2016: 140 offencesJune 2016: 171 offencesJuly 2016: 160 offencesAugust 2016: 169 offencesSeptember 2016: 194 offencesOctober 2016: 129 offencesNovember 2016: 155 offencesDecember 2016: 184 offencesJanuary 2017: 148 offencesFebruary 2017: 146 offencesMarch 2017: 148 offencesApril 2017: 142 offencesMay 2017: 184 offencesJune 2017: 189 offencesJuly 2017: 111 offencesAugust 2017: 166 offencesSeptember 2017: 171 offencesOctober 2017: 172 offencesNovember 2017: 164 offencesDecember 2017: 104 offencesJanuary 2018: 158 offencesFebruary 2018: 126 offencesMarch 2018: 146 offencesApril 2018: 150 offencesMay 2018: 133 offencesJune 2018: 114 offencesJuly 2018: 95 offencesAugust 2018: 120 offencesSeptember 2018: 140 offencesOctober 2018: 160 offencesNovember 2018: 156 offencesDecember 2018: 151 offencesJanuary 2019: 194 offencesFebruary 2019: 163 offencesMarch 2019: 156 offencesApril 2019: 163 offencesMay 2019: 133 offencesJune 2019: 115 offencesJuly 2019: 139 offencesAugust 2019: 121 offencesSeptember 2019: 129 offencesOctober 2019: 110 offencesNovember 2019: 121 offencesDecember 2019: 106 offencesJanuary 2020: 92 offencesFebruary 2020: 125 offencesMarch 2020: 64 offencesApril 2020: 52 offencesMay 2020: 60 offencesJune 2020: 68 offencesJuly 2020: 106 offencesAugust 2020: 95 offencesSeptember 2020: 78 offencesOctober 2020: 91 offencesNovember 2020: 98 offencesDecember 2020: 66 offencesJanuary 2021: 69 offencesFebruary 2021: 74 offencesMarch 2021: 99 offencesApril 2021: 91 offencesMay 2021: 85 offencesJune 2021: 106 offencesJuly 2021: 123 offencesAugust 2021: 139 offencesSeptember 2021: 134 offencesOctober 2021: 149 offencesNovember 2021: 99 offencesDecember 2021: 133 offencesJanuary 2022: 139 offencesFebruary 2022: 100 offencesMarch 2022: 164 offencesApril 2022: 161 offencesMay 2022: 158 offencesJune 2022: 150 offencesJuly 2022: 127 offencesAugust 2022: 158 offencesSeptember 2022: 142 offencesOctober 2022: 146 offencesNovember 2022: 96 offencesDecember 2022: 156 offencesJanuary 2023: 155 offencesFebruary 2023: 156 offencesMarch 2023: 210 offencesApril 2023: 171 offencesMay 2023: 136 offencesJune 2023: 168 offencesJuly 2023: 220 offencesAugust 2023: 197 offencesSeptember 2023: 176 offencesOctober 2023: 240 offencesNovember 2023: 244 offencesDecember 2023: 167 offencesJanuary 2024: 223 offencesFebruary 2024: 192 offencesMarch 2024: 273 offencesApril 2024: 360 offencesMay 2024: 301 offencesJune 2024: 304 offencesJuly 2024: 404 offencesAugust 2024: 340 offencesSeptember 2024: 403 offencesOctober 2024: 424 offencesNovember 2024: 343 offencesDecember 2024: 315 offencesJanuary 2025: 308 offencesFebruary 2025: 210 offencesMarch 2025: 344 offencesApril 2025: 352 offencesMay 2025: 339 offencesJune 2025: 313 offencesJuly 2025: 265 offencesAugust 2025: 302 offencesSeptember 2025: 235 offencesOctober 2025: 259 offencesNovember 2025: 287 offencesDecember 2025: 194 offencesJanuary 2026: 239 offencesFebruary 2026: 288 offencesMarch 2026: 319 offencesApril 2026: 320 offencesMay 2026: 339 offencesJune 2026: 284 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 Walsall

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