Shoplifting: Convictions

(asked on 10th September 2026) - View Source

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were convicted of theft from a shop in 2024, broken down by the number of people who received an immediate custodial sentence of (a) less than one month, (b) one month to less than three months, (c) three months to less than six months, (d) six months to less than twelve months, (e) one year to less than two years and (f) two years or more.


Answered by
Jake Richards Portrait
Jake Richards
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Ministry of Justice)
This question was answered on 15th September 2026

The Ministry of Justice publishes statistics on convictions, sentencing outcomes and custodial sentence lengths for a wide range of offences in the Outcome by Offences Tool, including theft from shops. This can be downloaded from the Criminal Justice Statistics landing page here: Criminal Justice Statistics.

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