Police-recorded · Cornwall · Devon & Cornwall Police

Shoplifting in Cornwall

12 months to June 2026

3.9per 1,000 residents

Police recorded 2,276 shoplifting offences in Cornwall in the 12 months to June 2026, down 14.2% (377) on the previous 12 months. That is 3.9 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, 584,782

Monthly, September 2011 to June 2026

Monthly recorded offences: September 2011 to June 2026CoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour0100200201520202025September 2011: 164 offencesOctober 2011: 171 offencesNovember 2011: 224 offencesDecember 2011: 195 offencesJanuary 2012: 165 offencesFebruary 2012: 168 offencesMarch 2012: 204 offencesApril 2012: 151 offencesMay 2012: 178 offencesJune 2012: 150 offencesJuly 2012: 146 offencesAugust 2012: 180 offencesSeptember 2012: 153 offencesOctober 2012: 191 offencesNovember 2012: 137 offencesDecember 2012: 126 offencesJanuary 2013: 134 offencesFebruary 2013: 191 offencesMarch 2013: 159 offencesApril 2013: 135 offencesMay 2013: 137 offencesJune 2013: 191 offencesJuly 2013: 197 offencesAugust 2013: 217 offencesSeptember 2013: 159 offencesOctober 2013: 184 offencesNovember 2013: 170 offencesDecember 2013: 144 offencesJanuary 2014: 181 offencesFebruary 2014: 169 offencesMarch 2014: 224 offencesApril 2014: 192 offencesMay 2014: 191 offencesJune 2014: 166 offencesJuly 2014: 122 offencesAugust 2014: 199 offencesSeptember 2014: 204 offencesOctober 2014: 150 offencesNovember 2014: 171 offencesDecember 2014: 145 offencesJanuary 2015: 122 offencesFebruary 2015: 147 offencesMarch 2015: 201 offencesApril 2015: 150 offencesMay 2015: 176 offencesJune 2015: 152 offencesJuly 2015: 177 offencesAugust 2015: 116 offencesSeptember 2015: 124 offencesOctober 2015: 132 offencesNovember 2015: 132 offencesDecember 2015: 126 offencesJanuary 2016: 111 offencesFebruary 2016: 122 offencesMarch 2016: 136 offencesApril 2016: 154 offencesMay 2016: 157 offencesJune 2016: 154 offencesJuly 2016: 138 offencesAugust 2016: 162 offencesSeptember 2016: 159 offencesOctober 2016: 152 offencesNovember 2016: 143 offencesDecember 2016: 185 offencesJanuary 2017: 136 offencesFebruary 2017: 175 offencesMarch 2017: 197 offencesApril 2017: 172 offencesMay 2017: 186 offencesJune 2017: 214 offencesJuly 2017: 193 offencesAugust 2017: 198 offencesSeptember 2017: 232 offencesOctober 2017: 247 offencesNovember 2017: 248 offencesDecember 2017: 136 offencesJanuary 2018: 151 offencesFebruary 2018: 143 offencesMarch 2018: 177 offencesApril 2018: 183 offencesMay 2018: 190 offencesJune 2018: 179 offencesJuly 2018: 174 offencesAugust 2018: 168 offencesSeptember 2018: 175 offencesOctober 2018: 219 offencesNovember 2018: 140 offencesDecember 2018: 120 offencesJanuary 2019: 148 offencesFebruary 2019: 147 offencesMarch 2019: 164 offencesApril 2019: 120 offencesMay 2019: 107 offencesJune 2019: 113 offencesJuly 2019: 184 offencesAugust 2019: 117 offencesSeptember 2019: 121 offencesOctober 2019: 134 offencesNovember 2019: 133 offencesDecember 2019: 121 offencesJanuary 2020: 116 offencesFebruary 2020: 131 offencesMarch 2020: 131 offencesApril 2020: 78 offencesMay 2020: 68 offencesJune 2020: 88 offencesJuly 2020: 89 offencesAugust 2020: 81 offencesSeptember 2020: 95 offencesOctober 2020: 80 offencesNovember 2020: 69 offencesDecember 2020: 69 offencesJanuary 2021: 64 offencesFebruary 2021: 94 offencesMarch 2021: 62 offencesApril 2021: 77 offencesMay 2021: 90 offencesJune 2021: 76 offencesJuly 2021: 76 offencesAugust 2021: 107 offencesSeptember 2021: 123 offencesOctober 2021: 136 offencesNovember 2021: 106 offencesDecember 2021: 117 offencesJanuary 2022: 116 offencesFebruary 2022: 104 offencesMarch 2022: 102 offencesApril 2022: 111 offencesMay 2022: 132 offencesJune 2022: 119 offencesJuly 2022: 126 offencesAugust 2022: 150 offencesSeptember 2022: 138 offencesOctober 2022: 110 offencesJanuary 2023: 1 offencesJuly 2023: 108 offencesAugust 2023: 144 offencesSeptember 2023: 120 offencesOctober 2023: 123 offencesNovember 2023: 108 offencesDecember 2023: 186 offencesJanuary 2024: 179 offencesFebruary 2024: 212 offencesMarch 2024: 148 offencesApril 2024: 220 offencesMay 2024: 201 offencesJune 2024: 200 offencesJuly 2024: 215 offencesAugust 2024: 222 offencesSeptember 2024: 202 offencesOctober 2024: 261 offencesNovember 2024: 245 offencesDecember 2024: 144 offencesJanuary 2025: 179 offencesFebruary 2025: 257 offencesMarch 2025: 231 offencesApril 2025: 216 offencesMay 2025: 236 offencesJune 2025: 245 offencesJuly 2025: 242 offencesAugust 2025: 175 offencesSeptember 2025: 167 offencesOctober 2025: 173 offencesNovember 2025: 175 offencesDecember 2025: 169 offencesJanuary 2026: 168 offencesFebruary 2026: 179 offencesMarch 2026: 216 offencesApril 2026: 214 offencesMay 2026: 199 offencesJune 2026: 199 offences

Offences recorded in this category each month, from the street-level archivePublished valueProvisional or revisedLatestShaded bands: governments (see labels)Hover or use arrow keys to read a value

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 Cornwall

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