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Shoplifting in Barnsley

12 months to June 2026

6.9per 1,000 residents

Police recorded 1,733 shoplifting offences in Barnsley in the 12 months to June 2026, down 11.8% (231) on the previous 12 months. That is 6.9 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, 252,784

Monthly, September 2011 to June 2026

Monthly recorded offences: September 2011 to June 2026CoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour0100200201520202025September 2011: 127 offencesOctober 2011: 122 offencesNovember 2011: 132 offencesDecember 2011: 113 offencesJanuary 2012: 126 offencesFebruary 2012: 115 offencesMarch 2012: 136 offencesApril 2012: 129 offencesMay 2012: 115 offencesJune 2012: 104 offencesJuly 2012: 101 offencesAugust 2012: 123 offencesSeptember 2012: 151 offencesOctober 2012: 128 offencesNovember 2012: 154 offencesDecember 2012: 129 offencesJanuary 2013: 139 offencesFebruary 2013: 132 offencesMarch 2013: 114 offencesApril 2013: 131 offencesMay 2013: 138 offencesJune 2013: 130 offencesJuly 2013: 137 offencesAugust 2013: 124 offencesSeptember 2013: 141 offencesOctober 2013: 110 offencesNovember 2013: 120 offencesDecember 2013: 148 offencesJanuary 2014: 117 offencesFebruary 2014: 113 offencesMarch 2014: 147 offencesApril 2014: 161 offencesMay 2014: 176 offencesJune 2014: 114 offencesJuly 2014: 126 offencesAugust 2014: 131 offencesSeptember 2014: 114 offencesOctober 2014: 118 offencesNovember 2014: 136 offencesDecember 2014: 109 offencesJanuary 2015: 99 offencesFebruary 2015: 110 offencesMarch 2015: 139 offencesApril 2015: 135 offencesMay 2015: 104 offencesJune 2015: 104 offencesJuly 2015: 106 offencesAugust 2015: 107 offencesSeptember 2015: 92 offencesOctober 2015: 117 offencesNovember 2015: 122 offencesDecember 2015: 86 offencesJanuary 2016: 104 offencesFebruary 2016: 116 offencesMarch 2016: 110 offencesApril 2016: 124 offencesMay 2016: 99 offencesJune 2016: 108 offencesJuly 2016: 136 offencesAugust 2016: 157 offencesSeptember 2016: 152 offencesOctober 2016: 127 offencesNovember 2016: 168 offencesDecember 2016: 207 offencesJanuary 2017: 130 offencesFebruary 2017: 157 offencesMarch 2017: 165 offencesApril 2017: 177 offencesMay 2017: 172 offencesJune 2017: 137 offencesJuly 2017: 139 offencesAugust 2017: 156 offencesSeptember 2017: 155 offencesOctober 2017: 172 offencesNovember 2017: 128 offencesDecember 2017: 137 offencesJanuary 2018: 175 offencesFebruary 2018: 167 offencesMarch 2018: 142 offencesApril 2018: 167 offencesMay 2018: 138 offencesJune 2018: 145 offencesJuly 2018: 179 offencesAugust 2018: 148 offencesSeptember 2018: 113 offencesOctober 2018: 119 offencesNovember 2018: 101 offencesDecember 2018: 107 offencesJanuary 2019: 116 offencesFebruary 2019: 103 offencesMarch 2019: 118 offencesApril 2019: 124 offencesMay 2019: 125 offencesJune 2019: 91 offencesJuly 2019: 105 offencesAugust 2019: 117 offencesSeptember 2019: 104 offencesOctober 2019: 111 offencesNovember 2019: 112 offencesDecember 2019: 90 offencesJanuary 2020: 90 offencesFebruary 2020: 90 offencesMarch 2020: 91 offencesApril 2020: 42 offencesMay 2020: 40 offencesJune 2020: 48 offencesJuly 2020: 78 offencesAugust 2020: 78 offencesSeptember 2020: 68 offencesOctober 2020: 75 offencesNovember 2020: 51 offencesDecember 2020: 50 offencesJanuary 2021: 45 offencesFebruary 2021: 50 offencesMarch 2021: 74 offencesApril 2021: 60 offencesMay 2021: 85 offencesJune 2021: 76 offencesJuly 2021: 86 offencesAugust 2021: 97 offencesSeptember 2021: 105 offencesOctober 2021: 86 offencesNovember 2021: 78 offencesDecember 2021: 46 offencesJanuary 2022: 72 offencesFebruary 2022: 102 offencesMarch 2022: 105 offencesApril 2022: 117 offencesMay 2022: 113 offencesJune 2022: 141 offencesJuly 2022: 96 offencesAugust 2022: 110 offencesSeptember 2022: 139 offencesOctober 2022: 133 offencesNovember 2022: 106 offencesDecember 2022: 131 offencesJanuary 2023: 98 offencesFebruary 2023: 164 offencesMarch 2023: 193 offencesApril 2023: 199 offencesMay 2023: 163 offencesJune 2023: 113 offencesJuly 2023: 160 offencesAugust 2023: 152 offencesSeptember 2023: 222 offencesOctober 2023: 165 offencesNovember 2023: 162 offencesDecember 2023: 156 offencesJanuary 2024: 219 offencesFebruary 2024: 199 offencesMarch 2024: 180 offencesApril 2024: 241 offencesMay 2024: 236 offencesJune 2024: 223 offencesJuly 2024: 202 offencesAugust 2024: 184 offencesSeptember 2024: 196 offencesOctober 2024: 212 offencesNovember 2024: 146 offencesDecember 2024: 125 offencesJanuary 2025: 133 offencesFebruary 2025: 192 offencesMarch 2025: 124 offencesApril 2025: 149 offencesMay 2025: 183 offencesJune 2025: 118 offencesJuly 2025: 157 offencesAugust 2025: 131 offencesSeptember 2025: 138 offencesOctober 2025: 164 offencesNovember 2025: 129 offencesDecember 2025: 100 offencesJanuary 2026: 108 offencesFebruary 2026: 123 offencesMarch 2026: 222 offencesApril 2026: 155 offencesMay 2026: 180 offencesJune 2026: 126 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 Barnsley

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