Police-recorded · Croydon · Metropolitan Police Service

Shoplifting in Croydon

12 months to June 2026

8.3per 1,000 residents

Police recorded 3,405 shoplifting offences in Croydon in the 12 months to June 2026, down 9.3% (349) on the previous 12 months. That is 8.3 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, 410,085

Monthly, September 2011 to June 2026

Monthly recorded offences: September 2011 to June 2026CoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour0200400201520202025September 2011: 137 offencesOctober 2011: 134 offencesNovember 2011: 153 offencesDecember 2011: 136 offencesJanuary 2012: 167 offencesFebruary 2012: 124 offencesMarch 2012: 122 offencesApril 2012: 133 offencesMay 2012: 110 offencesJune 2012: 126 offencesJuly 2012: 161 offencesAugust 2012: 126 offencesSeptember 2012: 132 offencesOctober 2012: 155 offencesNovember 2012: 163 offencesDecember 2012: 152 offencesJanuary 2013: 107 offencesFebruary 2013: 110 offencesMarch 2013: 127 offencesApril 2013: 113 offencesMay 2013: 125 offencesJune 2013: 136 offencesJuly 2013: 115 offencesAugust 2013: 124 offencesSeptember 2013: 116 offencesOctober 2013: 157 offencesNovember 2013: 128 offencesDecember 2013: 134 offencesJanuary 2014: 197 offencesFebruary 2014: 138 offencesMarch 2014: 195 offencesApril 2014: 156 offencesMay 2014: 151 offencesJune 2014: 168 offencesJuly 2014: 179 offencesAugust 2014: 152 offencesSeptember 2014: 155 offencesOctober 2014: 189 offencesNovember 2014: 155 offencesDecember 2014: 162 offencesJanuary 2015: 187 offencesFebruary 2015: 166 offencesMarch 2015: 183 offencesApril 2015: 173 offencesMay 2015: 179 offencesJune 2015: 159 offencesJuly 2015: 145 offencesAugust 2015: 145 offencesSeptember 2015: 118 offencesOctober 2015: 138 offencesNovember 2015: 169 offencesDecember 2015: 141 offencesJanuary 2016: 126 offencesFebruary 2016: 169 offencesMarch 2016: 170 offencesApril 2016: 145 offencesMay 2016: 187 offencesJune 2016: 156 offencesJuly 2016: 148 offencesAugust 2016: 153 offencesSeptember 2016: 146 offencesOctober 2016: 136 offencesNovember 2016: 132 offencesDecember 2016: 141 offencesJanuary 2017: 130 offencesFebruary 2017: 125 offencesMarch 2017: 131 offencesApril 2017: 114 offencesMay 2017: 151 offencesJune 2017: 118 offencesJuly 2017: 120 offencesAugust 2017: 150 offencesSeptember 2017: 158 offencesOctober 2017: 137 offencesNovember 2017: 150 offencesDecember 2017: 106 offencesJanuary 2018: 133 offencesFebruary 2018: 116 offencesMarch 2018: 111 offencesApril 2018: 120 offencesMay 2018: 123 offencesJune 2018: 126 offencesJuly 2018: 113 offencesAugust 2018: 102 offencesSeptember 2018: 97 offencesOctober 2018: 109 offencesNovember 2018: 112 offencesDecember 2018: 114 offencesJanuary 2019: 131 offencesFebruary 2019: 132 offencesMarch 2019: 132 offencesApril 2019: 130 offencesMay 2019: 141 offencesJune 2019: 129 offencesJuly 2019: 117 offencesAugust 2019: 123 offencesSeptember 2019: 120 offencesOctober 2019: 144 offencesNovember 2019: 173 offencesDecember 2019: 97 offencesJanuary 2020: 116 offencesFebruary 2020: 156 offencesMarch 2020: 100 offencesApril 2020: 66 offencesMay 2020: 62 offencesJune 2020: 76 offencesJuly 2020: 94 offencesAugust 2020: 114 offencesSeptember 2020: 98 offencesOctober 2020: 123 offencesNovember 2020: 99 offencesDecember 2020: 108 offencesJanuary 2021: 109 offencesFebruary 2021: 105 offencesMarch 2021: 108 offencesApril 2021: 112 offencesMay 2021: 104 offencesJune 2021: 106 offencesJuly 2021: 122 offencesAugust 2021: 108 offencesSeptember 2021: 96 offencesOctober 2021: 106 offencesNovember 2021: 98 offencesDecember 2021: 98 offencesJanuary 2022: 103 offencesFebruary 2022: 97 offencesMarch 2022: 123 offencesApril 2022: 144 offencesMay 2022: 165 offencesJune 2022: 151 offencesJuly 2022: 148 offencesAugust 2022: 132 offencesSeptember 2022: 112 offencesOctober 2022: 118 offencesNovember 2022: 129 offencesDecember 2022: 130 offencesJanuary 2023: 208 offencesFebruary 2023: 169 offencesMarch 2023: 218 offencesApril 2023: 185 offencesMay 2023: 162 offencesJune 2023: 292 offencesJuly 2023: 238 offencesAugust 2023: 242 offencesSeptember 2023: 220 offencesOctober 2023: 207 offencesNovember 2023: 210 offencesDecember 2023: 219 offencesJanuary 2024: 207 offencesFebruary 2024: 211 offencesMarch 2024: 314 offencesApril 2024: 331 offencesMay 2024: 401 offencesJune 2024: 332 offencesJuly 2024: 328 offencesAugust 2024: 468 offencesSeptember 2024: 404 offencesOctober 2024: 468 offencesNovember 2024: 277 offencesDecember 2024: 216 offencesJanuary 2025: 268 offencesFebruary 2025: 240 offencesMarch 2025: 252 offencesApril 2025: 317 offencesMay 2025: 285 offencesJune 2025: 231 offencesJuly 2025: 252 offencesAugust 2025: 280 offencesSeptember 2025: 292 offencesOctober 2025: 228 offencesNovember 2025: 221 offencesDecember 2025: 226 offencesJanuary 2026: 270 offencesFebruary 2026: 288 offencesMarch 2026: 286 offencesApril 2026: 345 offencesMay 2026: 371 offencesJune 2026: 346 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 Croydon

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