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Shoplifting in Blackpool

12 months to June 2026

8.0per 1,000 residents

Police recorded 1,149 shoplifting offences in Blackpool in the 12 months to June 2026, down 25.9% (402) on the previous 12 months. That is 8.0 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, 143,492

Monthly, September 2011 to June 2026

Monthly recorded offences: September 2011 to June 2026CoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour0100200201520202025September 2011: 129 offencesOctober 2011: 150 offencesNovember 2011: 125 offencesDecember 2011: 122 offencesJanuary 2012: 117 offencesFebruary 2012: 133 offencesMarch 2012: 143 offencesApril 2012: 147 offencesMay 2012: 129 offencesJune 2012: 121 offencesJuly 2012: 118 offencesAugust 2012: 133 offencesSeptember 2012: 108 offencesOctober 2012: 123 offencesNovember 2012: 104 offencesDecember 2012: 107 offencesJanuary 2013: 93 offencesFebruary 2013: 116 offencesMarch 2013: 112 offencesApril 2013: 150 offencesMay 2013: 127 offencesJune 2013: 170 offencesJuly 2013: 158 offencesAugust 2013: 151 offencesSeptember 2013: 137 offencesOctober 2013: 124 offencesNovember 2013: 117 offencesDecember 2013: 90 offencesJanuary 2014: 101 offencesFebruary 2014: 113 offencesMarch 2014: 123 offencesApril 2014: 97 offencesMay 2014: 136 offencesJune 2014: 127 offencesJuly 2014: 104 offencesAugust 2014: 123 offencesSeptember 2014: 127 offencesOctober 2014: 103 offencesNovember 2014: 111 offencesDecember 2014: 102 offencesJanuary 2015: 108 offencesFebruary 2015: 100 offencesMarch 2015: 102 offencesApril 2015: 98 offencesMay 2015: 115 offencesJune 2015: 102 offencesJuly 2015: 137 offencesAugust 2015: 113 offencesSeptember 2015: 124 offencesOctober 2015: 128 offencesNovember 2015: 110 offencesDecember 2015: 85 offencesJanuary 2016: 94 offencesFebruary 2016: 94 offencesMarch 2016: 100 offencesApril 2016: 83 offencesMay 2016: 107 offencesJune 2016: 87 offencesJuly 2016: 80 offencesAugust 2016: 74 offencesSeptember 2016: 95 offencesOctober 2016: 95 offencesNovember 2016: 113 offencesDecember 2016: 112 offencesJanuary 2017: 102 offencesFebruary 2017: 116 offencesMarch 2017: 131 offencesApril 2017: 117 offencesMay 2017: 135 offencesJune 2017: 109 offencesJuly 2017: 122 offencesAugust 2017: 113 offencesSeptember 2017: 121 offencesOctober 2017: 128 offencesNovember 2017: 119 offencesDecember 2017: 125 offencesJanuary 2018: 134 offencesFebruary 2018: 147 offencesMarch 2018: 156 offencesApril 2018: 113 offencesMay 2018: 111 offencesJune 2018: 127 offencesJuly 2018: 145 offencesAugust 2018: 126 offencesSeptember 2018: 127 offencesOctober 2018: 131 offencesNovember 2018: 154 offencesDecember 2018: 102 offencesJanuary 2019: 148 offencesFebruary 2019: 143 offencesMarch 2019: 109 offencesApril 2019: 93 offencesMay 2019: 138 offencesJune 2019: 101 offencesJuly 2019: 101 offencesAugust 2019: 123 offencesSeptember 2019: 96 offencesOctober 2019: 115 offencesNovember 2019: 132 offencesDecember 2019: 114 offencesJanuary 2020: 109 offencesFebruary 2020: 129 offencesMarch 2020: 101 offencesApril 2020: 66 offencesMay 2020: 64 offencesJune 2020: 48 offencesJuly 2020: 69 offencesAugust 2020: 85 offencesSeptember 2020: 56 offencesOctober 2020: 53 offencesNovember 2020: 48 offencesDecember 2020: 60 offencesJanuary 2021: 46 offencesFebruary 2021: 45 offencesMarch 2021: 70 offencesApril 2021: 66 offencesMay 2021: 79 offencesJune 2021: 72 offencesJuly 2021: 79 offencesAugust 2021: 78 offencesSeptember 2021: 54 offencesOctober 2021: 101 offencesNovember 2021: 101 offencesDecember 2021: 70 offencesJanuary 2022: 97 offencesFebruary 2022: 92 offencesMarch 2022: 115 offencesApril 2022: 106 offencesMay 2022: 127 offencesJune 2022: 74 offencesJuly 2022: 83 offencesAugust 2022: 72 offencesSeptember 2022: 95 offencesOctober 2022: 84 offencesNovember 2022: 98 offencesDecember 2022: 87 offencesJanuary 2023: 141 offencesFebruary 2023: 132 offencesMarch 2023: 180 offencesApril 2023: 182 offencesMay 2023: 131 offencesJune 2023: 156 offencesJuly 2023: 214 offencesAugust 2023: 154 offencesSeptember 2023: 84 offencesOctober 2023: 128 offencesNovember 2023: 142 offencesDecember 2023: 141 offencesJanuary 2024: 139 offencesFebruary 2024: 119 offencesMarch 2024: 165 offencesApril 2024: 129 offencesMay 2024: 90 offencesJune 2024: 161 offencesJuly 2024: 145 offencesAugust 2024: 142 offencesSeptember 2024: 112 offencesOctober 2024: 156 offencesNovember 2024: 127 offencesDecember 2024: 97 offencesJanuary 2025: 77 offencesFebruary 2025: 127 offencesMarch 2025: 155 offencesApril 2025: 149 offencesMay 2025: 161 offencesJune 2025: 103 offencesJuly 2025: 99 offencesAugust 2025: 88 offencesSeptember 2025: 95 offencesOctober 2025: 122 offencesNovember 2025: 93 offencesDecember 2025: 109 offencesJanuary 2026: 101 offencesFebruary 2026: 75 offencesMarch 2026: 84 offencesApril 2026: 78 offencesMay 2026: 86 offencesJune 2026: 119 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 Blackpool

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