Police-recorded · Brent · Metropolitan Police Service

Shoplifting in Brent

12 months to June 2026

8.6per 1,000 residents

Police recorded 3,040 shoplifting offences in Brent in the 12 months to June 2026, down 11.9% (410) on the previous 12 months. That is 8.6 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, 352,201

Monthly, September 2011 to June 2026

Monthly recorded offences: September 2011 to June 2026CoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour0100200300201520202025September 2011: 85 offencesOctober 2011: 93 offencesNovember 2011: 86 offencesDecember 2011: 99 offencesJanuary 2012: 77 offencesFebruary 2012: 61 offencesMarch 2012: 81 offencesApril 2012: 69 offencesMay 2012: 75 offencesJune 2012: 94 offencesJuly 2012: 63 offencesAugust 2012: 56 offencesSeptember 2012: 75 offencesOctober 2012: 79 offencesNovember 2012: 66 offencesDecember 2012: 77 offencesJanuary 2013: 51 offencesFebruary 2013: 65 offencesMarch 2013: 91 offencesApril 2013: 87 offencesMay 2013: 70 offencesJune 2013: 73 offencesJuly 2013: 61 offencesAugust 2013: 58 offencesSeptember 2013: 62 offencesOctober 2013: 66 offencesNovember 2013: 90 offencesDecember 2013: 78 offencesJanuary 2014: 81 offencesFebruary 2014: 96 offencesMarch 2014: 108 offencesApril 2014: 80 offencesMay 2014: 95 offencesJune 2014: 108 offencesJuly 2014: 81 offencesAugust 2014: 86 offencesSeptember 2014: 78 offencesOctober 2014: 111 offencesNovember 2014: 98 offencesDecember 2014: 90 offencesJanuary 2015: 85 offencesFebruary 2015: 78 offencesMarch 2015: 112 offencesApril 2015: 91 offencesMay 2015: 106 offencesJune 2015: 102 offencesJuly 2015: 103 offencesAugust 2015: 103 offencesSeptember 2015: 106 offencesOctober 2015: 130 offencesNovember 2015: 117 offencesDecember 2015: 122 offencesJanuary 2016: 108 offencesFebruary 2016: 121 offencesMarch 2016: 111 offencesApril 2016: 126 offencesMay 2016: 148 offencesJune 2016: 126 offencesJuly 2016: 139 offencesAugust 2016: 98 offencesSeptember 2016: 110 offencesOctober 2016: 134 offencesNovember 2016: 107 offencesDecember 2016: 100 offencesJanuary 2017: 122 offencesFebruary 2017: 107 offencesMarch 2017: 137 offencesApril 2017: 104 offencesMay 2017: 120 offencesJune 2017: 122 offencesJuly 2017: 118 offencesAugust 2017: 129 offencesSeptember 2017: 120 offencesOctober 2017: 109 offencesNovember 2017: 115 offencesDecember 2017: 79 offencesJanuary 2018: 107 offencesFebruary 2018: 92 offencesMarch 2018: 97 offencesApril 2018: 97 offencesMay 2018: 114 offencesJune 2018: 113 offencesJuly 2018: 112 offencesAugust 2018: 108 offencesSeptember 2018: 115 offencesOctober 2018: 122 offencesNovember 2018: 92 offencesDecember 2018: 95 offencesJanuary 2019: 86 offencesFebruary 2019: 89 offencesMarch 2019: 109 offencesApril 2019: 103 offencesMay 2019: 95 offencesJune 2019: 80 offencesJuly 2019: 75 offencesAugust 2019: 75 offencesSeptember 2019: 90 offencesOctober 2019: 67 offencesNovember 2019: 69 offencesDecember 2019: 101 offencesJanuary 2020: 94 offencesFebruary 2020: 106 offencesMarch 2020: 91 offencesApril 2020: 41 offencesMay 2020: 64 offencesJune 2020: 65 offencesJuly 2020: 80 offencesAugust 2020: 73 offencesSeptember 2020: 85 offencesOctober 2020: 85 offencesNovember 2020: 66 offencesDecember 2020: 91 offencesJanuary 2021: 73 offencesFebruary 2021: 66 offencesMarch 2021: 72 offencesApril 2021: 76 offencesMay 2021: 90 offencesJune 2021: 75 offencesJuly 2021: 88 offencesAugust 2021: 102 offencesSeptember 2021: 94 offencesOctober 2021: 83 offencesNovember 2021: 85 offencesDecember 2021: 84 offencesJanuary 2022: 67 offencesFebruary 2022: 76 offencesMarch 2022: 111 offencesApril 2022: 129 offencesMay 2022: 126 offencesJune 2022: 109 offencesJuly 2022: 124 offencesAugust 2022: 117 offencesSeptember 2022: 131 offencesOctober 2022: 118 offencesNovember 2022: 105 offencesDecember 2022: 122 offencesJanuary 2023: 155 offencesFebruary 2023: 124 offencesMarch 2023: 183 offencesApril 2023: 143 offencesMay 2023: 176 offencesJune 2023: 186 offencesJuly 2023: 223 offencesAugust 2023: 179 offencesSeptember 2023: 191 offencesOctober 2023: 177 offencesNovember 2023: 189 offencesDecember 2023: 181 offencesJanuary 2024: 210 offencesFebruary 2024: 210 offencesMarch 2024: 267 offencesApril 2024: 230 offencesMay 2024: 234 offencesJune 2024: 242 offencesJuly 2024: 317 offencesAugust 2024: 324 offencesSeptember 2024: 359 offencesOctober 2024: 310 offencesNovember 2024: 272 offencesDecember 2024: 258 offencesJanuary 2025: 313 offencesFebruary 2025: 252 offencesMarch 2025: 245 offencesApril 2025: 252 offencesMay 2025: 282 offencesJune 2025: 266 offencesJuly 2025: 328 offencesAugust 2025: 331 offencesSeptember 2025: 277 offencesOctober 2025: 204 offencesNovember 2025: 209 offencesDecember 2025: 234 offencesJanuary 2026: 203 offencesFebruary 2026: 198 offencesMarch 2026: 229 offencesApril 2026: 267 offencesMay 2026: 328 offencesJune 2026: 232 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 Brent

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