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Shoplifting in Bristol, City of

12 months to June 2026

12.5per 1,000 residents

Police recorded 6,188 shoplifting offences in Bristol, City of in the 12 months to June 2026, up 1.7% (101) on the previous 12 months. That is 12.5 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, 495,260

Monthly, September 2011 to June 2026

Monthly recorded offences: September 2011 to June 2026CoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour0200400600201520202025September 2011: 402 offencesOctober 2011: 353 offencesNovember 2011: 340 offencesDecember 2011: 355 offencesJanuary 2012: 372 offencesFebruary 2012: 280 offencesMarch 2012: 345 offencesApril 2012: 320 offencesMay 2012: 334 offencesJune 2012: 344 offencesJuly 2012: 324 offencesAugust 2012: 367 offencesSeptember 2012: 332 offencesOctober 2012: 371 offencesNovember 2012: 344 offencesDecember 2012: 318 offencesJanuary 2013: 337 offencesFebruary 2013: 392 offencesMarch 2013: 412 offencesApril 2013: 384 offencesMay 2013: 423 offencesJune 2013: 370 offencesJuly 2013: 399 offencesAugust 2013: 370 offencesSeptember 2013: 394 offencesOctober 2013: 436 offencesNovember 2013: 399 offencesDecember 2013: 393 offencesJanuary 2014: 389 offencesFebruary 2014: 437 offencesMarch 2014: 466 offencesApril 2014: 454 offencesMay 2014: 434 offencesJune 2014: 368 offencesJuly 2014: 435 offencesAugust 2014: 487 offencesSeptember 2014: 472 offencesOctober 2014: 447 offencesNovember 2014: 406 offencesDecember 2014: 358 offencesJanuary 2015: 409 offencesFebruary 2015: 406 offencesMarch 2015: 447 offencesApril 2015: 389 offencesMay 2015: 484 offencesJune 2015: 394 offencesJuly 2015: 438 offencesAugust 2015: 423 offencesSeptember 2015: 319 offencesOctober 2015: 337 offencesNovember 2015: 383 offencesDecember 2015: 279 offencesJanuary 2016: 292 offencesFebruary 2016: 306 offencesMarch 2016: 397 offencesApril 2016: 384 offencesMay 2016: 328 offencesJune 2016: 380 offencesJuly 2016: 378 offencesAugust 2016: 422 offencesSeptember 2016: 421 offencesOctober 2016: 363 offencesNovember 2016: 347 offencesDecember 2016: 316 offencesJanuary 2017: 317 offencesFebruary 2017: 335 offencesMarch 2017: 408 offencesApril 2017: 446 offencesMay 2017: 451 offencesJune 2017: 306 offencesJuly 2017: 353 offencesAugust 2017: 323 offencesSeptember 2017: 319 offencesOctober 2017: 350 offencesNovember 2017: 376 offencesDecember 2017: 306 offencesJanuary 2018: 290 offencesFebruary 2018: 288 offencesMarch 2018: 298 offencesApril 2018: 376 offencesMay 2018: 381 offencesJune 2018: 301 offencesJuly 2018: 248 offencesAugust 2018: 301 offencesSeptember 2018: 327 offencesOctober 2018: 345 offencesNovember 2018: 314 offencesDecember 2018: 230 offencesJanuary 2019: 277 offencesFebruary 2019: 250 offencesMarch 2019: 299 offencesApril 2019: 245 offencesMay 2019: 342 offencesJune 2019: 321 offencesJuly 2019: 266 offencesAugust 2019: 277 offencesSeptember 2019: 287 offencesOctober 2019: 307 offencesNovember 2019: 238 offencesDecember 2019: 223 offencesJanuary 2020: 265 offencesFebruary 2020: 260 offencesMarch 2020: 220 offencesApril 2020: 132 offencesMay 2020: 151 offencesJune 2020: 206 offencesJuly 2020: 208 offencesAugust 2020: 227 offencesSeptember 2020: 227 offencesOctober 2020: 224 offencesNovember 2020: 207 offencesDecember 2020: 192 offencesJanuary 2021: 130 offencesFebruary 2021: 138 offencesMarch 2021: 159 offencesApril 2021: 148 offencesMay 2021: 191 offencesJune 2021: 164 offencesJuly 2021: 209 offencesAugust 2021: 231 offencesSeptember 2021: 199 offencesOctober 2021: 157 offencesNovember 2021: 180 offencesDecember 2021: 177 offencesJanuary 2022: 180 offencesFebruary 2022: 219 offencesMarch 2022: 252 offencesApril 2022: 210 offencesMay 2022: 250 offencesJune 2022: 265 offencesJuly 2022: 282 offencesAugust 2022: 321 offencesSeptember 2022: 348 offencesOctober 2022: 260 offencesNovember 2022: 289 offencesDecember 2022: 282 offencesJanuary 2023: 348 offencesFebruary 2023: 382 offencesMarch 2023: 415 offencesApril 2023: 488 offencesMay 2023: 420 offencesJune 2023: 435 offencesJuly 2023: 555 offencesAugust 2023: 536 offencesSeptember 2023: 530 offencesOctober 2023: 533 offencesNovember 2023: 511 offencesDecember 2023: 470 offencesJanuary 2024: 365 offencesFebruary 2024: 479 offencesMarch 2024: 612 offencesApril 2024: 647 offencesMay 2024: 538 offencesJune 2024: 499 offencesJuly 2024: 586 offencesAugust 2024: 588 offencesSeptember 2024: 579 offencesOctober 2024: 720 offencesNovember 2024: 521 offencesDecember 2024: 394 offencesJanuary 2025: 373 offencesFebruary 2025: 398 offencesMarch 2025: 509 offencesApril 2025: 454 offencesMay 2025: 544 offencesJune 2025: 421 offencesJuly 2025: 288 offencesAugust 2025: 390 offencesSeptember 2025: 404 offencesOctober 2025: 584 offencesNovember 2025: 623 offencesDecember 2025: 534 offencesJanuary 2026: 459 offencesFebruary 2026: 506 offencesMarch 2026: 567 offencesApril 2026: 631 offencesMay 2026: 618 offencesJune 2026: 584 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 Bristol, City of

Every local authority ranked by shoplifting rate · All recorded crime in Bristol, City of