Shoplifting
(asked on 14th April 2022) - View Source
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many shoplifting offences have been recorded by the police in each year since 2014.
The number of shoplifting offences recorded by the police forces in England and Wales in each year is presented in the table below.
Shoplifting Offences | Shoplifting |
2014 | 325,373 |
2015 | 333,567 |
2016 | 359,245 |
2017 | 385,882 |
2018 | 375,630 |
2019 | 367,102 |
2020 | 258,960 |
January 2021 to September 2021 | 186,271 |
The number of shoplifting offences recorded by the police forces in England and Wales in each year is published on the Home Office website at
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-recorded-crime-open-data-tables