Police-recorded · Westminster · Metropolitan Police Service

Shoplifting in Westminster

12 months to June 2026

41.8per 1,000 residents

Police recorded 8,883 shoplifting offences in Westminster in the 12 months to June 2026, up 24.8% (1,767) on the previous 12 months. That is 41.8 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, 212,367

Monthly, September 2011 to June 2026

Monthly recorded offences: September 2011 to June 2026CoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour0250500750201520202025September 2011: 350 offencesOctober 2011: 388 offencesNovember 2011: 370 offencesDecember 2011: 348 offencesJanuary 2012: 338 offencesFebruary 2012: 322 offencesMarch 2012: 403 offencesApril 2012: 344 offencesMay 2012: 374 offencesJune 2012: 400 offencesJuly 2012: 401 offencesAugust 2012: 351 offencesSeptember 2012: 362 offencesOctober 2012: 372 offencesNovember 2012: 365 offencesDecember 2012: 368 offencesJanuary 2013: 321 offencesFebruary 2013: 328 offencesMarch 2013: 307 offencesApril 2013: 403 offencesMay 2013: 355 offencesJune 2013: 314 offencesJuly 2013: 337 offencesAugust 2013: 302 offencesSeptember 2013: 300 offencesOctober 2013: 339 offencesNovember 2013: 322 offencesDecember 2013: 342 offencesJanuary 2014: 321 offencesFebruary 2014: 263 offencesMarch 2014: 317 offencesApril 2014: 332 offencesMay 2014: 333 offencesJune 2014: 307 offencesJuly 2014: 296 offencesAugust 2014: 333 offencesSeptember 2014: 283 offencesOctober 2014: 314 offencesNovember 2014: 339 offencesDecember 2014: 341 offencesJanuary 2015: 306 offencesFebruary 2015: 264 offencesMarch 2015: 317 offencesApril 2015: 326 offencesMay 2015: 346 offencesJune 2015: 315 offencesJuly 2015: 319 offencesAugust 2015: 348 offencesSeptember 2015: 334 offencesOctober 2015: 356 offencesNovember 2015: 354 offencesDecember 2015: 364 offencesJanuary 2016: 353 offencesFebruary 2016: 339 offencesMarch 2016: 345 offencesApril 2016: 366 offencesMay 2016: 379 offencesJune 2016: 341 offencesJuly 2016: 344 offencesAugust 2016: 297 offencesSeptember 2016: 290 offencesOctober 2016: 344 offencesNovember 2016: 357 offencesDecember 2016: 424 offencesJanuary 2017: 370 offencesFebruary 2017: 340 offencesMarch 2017: 399 offencesApril 2017: 380 offencesMay 2017: 416 offencesJune 2017: 358 offencesJuly 2017: 386 offencesAugust 2017: 377 offencesSeptember 2017: 419 offencesOctober 2017: 426 offencesNovember 2017: 377 offencesDecember 2017: 389 offencesJanuary 2018: 433 offencesFebruary 2018: 389 offencesMarch 2018: 370 offencesApril 2018: 383 offencesMay 2018: 356 offencesJune 2018: 336 offencesJuly 2018: 319 offencesAugust 2018: 416 offencesSeptember 2018: 394 offencesOctober 2018: 407 offencesNovember 2018: 423 offencesDecember 2018: 395 offencesJanuary 2019: 400 offencesFebruary 2019: 387 offencesMarch 2019: 412 offencesApril 2019: 408 offencesMay 2019: 400 offencesJune 2019: 332 offencesJuly 2019: 341 offencesAugust 2019: 337 offencesSeptember 2019: 288 offencesOctober 2019: 367 offencesNovember 2019: 338 offencesDecember 2019: 324 offencesJanuary 2020: 428 offencesFebruary 2020: 360 offencesMarch 2020: 231 offencesApril 2020: 103 offencesMay 2020: 68 offencesJune 2020: 133 offencesJuly 2020: 222 offencesAugust 2020: 236 offencesSeptember 2020: 247 offencesOctober 2020: 255 offencesNovember 2020: 147 offencesDecember 2020: 195 offencesJanuary 2021: 66 offencesFebruary 2021: 67 offencesMarch 2021: 102 offencesApril 2021: 175 offencesMay 2021: 229 offencesJune 2021: 199 offencesJuly 2021: 222 offencesAugust 2021: 249 offencesSeptember 2021: 259 offencesOctober 2021: 295 offencesNovember 2021: 305 offencesDecember 2021: 283 offencesJanuary 2022: 275 offencesFebruary 2022: 266 offencesMarch 2022: 286 offencesApril 2022: 276 offencesMay 2022: 330 offencesJune 2022: 270 offencesJuly 2022: 296 offencesAugust 2022: 342 offencesSeptember 2022: 291 offencesOctober 2022: 346 offencesNovember 2022: 311 offencesDecember 2022: 315 offencesJanuary 2023: 343 offencesFebruary 2023: 332 offencesMarch 2023: 418 offencesApril 2023: 408 offencesMay 2023: 418 offencesJune 2023: 448 offencesJuly 2023: 472 offencesAugust 2023: 468 offencesSeptember 2023: 402 offencesOctober 2023: 436 offencesNovember 2023: 439 offencesDecember 2023: 488 offencesJanuary 2024: 479 offencesFebruary 2024: 462 offencesMarch 2024: 489 offencesApril 2024: 530 offencesMay 2024: 595 offencesJune 2024: 595 offencesJuly 2024: 599 offencesAugust 2024: 569 offencesSeptember 2024: 521 offencesOctober 2024: 540 offencesNovember 2024: 548 offencesDecember 2024: 558 offencesJanuary 2025: 529 offencesFebruary 2025: 563 offencesMarch 2025: 602 offencesApril 2025: 668 offencesMay 2025: 704 offencesJune 2025: 715 offencesJuly 2025: 669 offencesAugust 2025: 653 offencesSeptember 2025: 676 offencesOctober 2025: 738 offencesNovember 2025: 739 offencesDecember 2025: 762 offencesJanuary 2026: 652 offencesFebruary 2026: 703 offencesMarch 2026: 724 offencesApril 2026: 792 offencesMay 2026: 919 offencesJune 2026: 856 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 Westminster

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