Police-recorded · Barnet · Metropolitan Police Service

Shoplifting in Barnet

12 months to June 2026

8.1per 1,000 residents

Police recorded 3,297 shoplifting offences in Barnet in the 12 months to June 2026, up 19.3% (533) on the previous 12 months. That is 8.1 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, 408,087

Monthly, September 2011 to June 2026

Monthly recorded offences: September 2011 to June 2026CoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour0100200300201520202025September 2011: 96 offencesOctober 2011: 103 offencesNovember 2011: 90 offencesDecember 2011: 95 offencesJanuary 2012: 87 offencesFebruary 2012: 131 offencesMarch 2012: 134 offencesApril 2012: 103 offencesMay 2012: 97 offencesJune 2012: 87 offencesJuly 2012: 103 offencesAugust 2012: 88 offencesSeptember 2012: 77 offencesOctober 2012: 106 offencesNovember 2012: 152 offencesDecember 2012: 106 offencesJanuary 2013: 85 offencesFebruary 2013: 104 offencesMarch 2013: 85 offencesApril 2013: 118 offencesMay 2013: 104 offencesJune 2013: 94 offencesJuly 2013: 111 offencesAugust 2013: 82 offencesSeptember 2013: 86 offencesOctober 2013: 109 offencesNovember 2013: 98 offencesDecember 2013: 93 offencesJanuary 2014: 98 offencesFebruary 2014: 95 offencesMarch 2014: 112 offencesApril 2014: 106 offencesMay 2014: 124 offencesJune 2014: 108 offencesJuly 2014: 93 offencesAugust 2014: 110 offencesSeptember 2014: 90 offencesOctober 2014: 130 offencesNovember 2014: 88 offencesDecember 2014: 86 offencesJanuary 2015: 113 offencesFebruary 2015: 90 offencesMarch 2015: 119 offencesApril 2015: 90 offencesMay 2015: 88 offencesJune 2015: 102 offencesJuly 2015: 101 offencesAugust 2015: 108 offencesSeptember 2015: 82 offencesOctober 2015: 95 offencesNovember 2015: 105 offencesDecember 2015: 99 offencesJanuary 2016: 96 offencesFebruary 2016: 100 offencesMarch 2016: 146 offencesApril 2016: 130 offencesMay 2016: 160 offencesJune 2016: 145 offencesJuly 2016: 133 offencesAugust 2016: 112 offencesSeptember 2016: 116 offencesOctober 2016: 136 offencesNovember 2016: 132 offencesDecember 2016: 178 offencesJanuary 2017: 146 offencesFebruary 2017: 132 offencesMarch 2017: 149 offencesApril 2017: 121 offencesMay 2017: 135 offencesJune 2017: 129 offencesJuly 2017: 155 offencesAugust 2017: 153 offencesSeptember 2017: 105 offencesOctober 2017: 128 offencesNovember 2017: 97 offencesDecember 2017: 101 offencesJanuary 2018: 131 offencesFebruary 2018: 122 offencesMarch 2018: 121 offencesApril 2018: 132 offencesMay 2018: 134 offencesJune 2018: 141 offencesJuly 2018: 113 offencesAugust 2018: 117 offencesSeptember 2018: 127 offencesOctober 2018: 118 offencesNovember 2018: 130 offencesDecember 2018: 126 offencesJanuary 2019: 141 offencesFebruary 2019: 134 offencesMarch 2019: 151 offencesApril 2019: 122 offencesMay 2019: 166 offencesJune 2019: 144 offencesJuly 2019: 162 offencesAugust 2019: 152 offencesSeptember 2019: 131 offencesOctober 2019: 119 offencesNovember 2019: 134 offencesDecember 2019: 137 offencesJanuary 2020: 144 offencesFebruary 2020: 138 offencesMarch 2020: 115 offencesApril 2020: 82 offencesMay 2020: 101 offencesJune 2020: 138 offencesJuly 2020: 140 offencesAugust 2020: 117 offencesSeptember 2020: 109 offencesOctober 2020: 130 offencesNovember 2020: 106 offencesDecember 2020: 129 offencesJanuary 2021: 98 offencesFebruary 2021: 96 offencesMarch 2021: 114 offencesApril 2021: 113 offencesMay 2021: 126 offencesJune 2021: 139 offencesJuly 2021: 120 offencesAugust 2021: 130 offencesSeptember 2021: 124 offencesOctober 2021: 103 offencesNovember 2021: 104 offencesDecember 2021: 124 offencesJanuary 2022: 82 offencesFebruary 2022: 91 offencesMarch 2022: 142 offencesApril 2022: 114 offencesMay 2022: 107 offencesJune 2022: 106 offencesJuly 2022: 116 offencesAugust 2022: 155 offencesSeptember 2022: 108 offencesOctober 2022: 133 offencesNovember 2022: 110 offencesDecember 2022: 112 offencesJanuary 2023: 162 offencesFebruary 2023: 124 offencesMarch 2023: 123 offencesApril 2023: 193 offencesMay 2023: 174 offencesJune 2023: 184 offencesJuly 2023: 171 offencesAugust 2023: 161 offencesSeptember 2023: 155 offencesOctober 2023: 188 offencesNovember 2023: 181 offencesDecember 2023: 196 offencesJanuary 2024: 197 offencesFebruary 2024: 243 offencesMarch 2024: 216 offencesApril 2024: 253 offencesMay 2024: 236 offencesJune 2024: 214 offencesJuly 2024: 271 offencesAugust 2024: 246 offencesSeptember 2024: 224 offencesOctober 2024: 210 offencesNovember 2024: 255 offencesDecember 2024: 211 offencesJanuary 2025: 214 offencesFebruary 2025: 212 offencesMarch 2025: 236 offencesApril 2025: 216 offencesMay 2025: 245 offencesJune 2025: 224 offencesJuly 2025: 224 offencesAugust 2025: 274 offencesSeptember 2025: 254 offencesOctober 2025: 262 offencesNovember 2025: 257 offencesDecember 2025: 286 offencesJanuary 2026: 346 offencesFebruary 2026: 284 offencesMarch 2026: 264 offencesApril 2026: 220 offencesMay 2026: 262 offencesJune 2026: 364 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 Barnet

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