Police-recorded · Dudley · West Midlands Police

Shoplifting in Dudley

12 months to June 2026

8.7per 1,000 residents

Police recorded 2,909 shoplifting offences in Dudley in the 12 months to June 2026, down 12.1% (400) on the previous 12 months. That is 8.7 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, 333,941

Monthly, September 2011 to June 2026

Monthly recorded offences: September 2011 to June 2026CoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour0100200300201520202025September 2011: 96 offencesOctober 2011: 109 offencesNovember 2011: 108 offencesDecember 2011: 137 offencesJanuary 2012: 114 offencesFebruary 2012: 91 offencesMarch 2012: 105 offencesApril 2012: 105 offencesMay 2012: 95 offencesJune 2012: 108 offencesJuly 2012: 101 offencesAugust 2012: 103 offencesSeptember 2012: 101 offencesOctober 2012: 105 offencesNovember 2012: 131 offencesDecember 2012: 108 offencesJanuary 2013: 127 offencesFebruary 2013: 119 offencesMarch 2013: 134 offencesApril 2013: 137 offencesMay 2013: 119 offencesJune 2013: 94 offencesJuly 2013: 100 offencesAugust 2013: 106 offencesSeptember 2013: 104 offencesOctober 2013: 106 offencesNovember 2013: 106 offencesDecember 2013: 120 offencesJanuary 2014: 125 offencesFebruary 2014: 126 offencesMarch 2014: 117 offencesApril 2014: 143 offencesMay 2014: 118 offencesJune 2014: 127 offencesJuly 2014: 165 offencesAugust 2014: 106 offencesSeptember 2014: 159 offencesOctober 2014: 185 offencesNovember 2014: 149 offencesDecember 2014: 136 offencesJanuary 2015: 152 offencesFebruary 2015: 174 offencesMarch 2015: 198 offencesApril 2015: 176 offencesMay 2015: 187 offencesJune 2015: 158 offencesJuly 2015: 127 offencesAugust 2015: 135 offencesSeptember 2015: 164 offencesOctober 2015: 150 offencesNovember 2015: 204 offencesDecember 2015: 157 offencesJanuary 2016: 145 offencesFebruary 2016: 179 offencesMarch 2016: 167 offencesApril 2016: 181 offencesMay 2016: 148 offencesJune 2016: 190 offencesJuly 2016: 185 offencesAugust 2016: 193 offencesSeptember 2016: 171 offencesOctober 2016: 190 offencesNovember 2016: 185 offencesDecember 2016: 188 offencesJanuary 2017: 145 offencesFebruary 2017: 132 offencesMarch 2017: 185 offencesApril 2017: 151 offencesMay 2017: 187 offencesJune 2017: 191 offencesJuly 2017: 177 offencesAugust 2017: 180 offencesSeptember 2017: 171 offencesOctober 2017: 202 offencesNovember 2017: 203 offencesDecember 2017: 186 offencesJanuary 2018: 197 offencesFebruary 2018: 154 offencesMarch 2018: 184 offencesApril 2018: 192 offencesMay 2018: 170 offencesJune 2018: 166 offencesJuly 2018: 183 offencesAugust 2018: 195 offencesSeptember 2018: 203 offencesOctober 2018: 173 offencesNovember 2018: 145 offencesDecember 2018: 112 offencesJanuary 2019: 175 offencesFebruary 2019: 173 offencesMarch 2019: 149 offencesApril 2019: 135 offencesMay 2019: 166 offencesJune 2019: 148 offencesJuly 2019: 219 offencesAugust 2019: 149 offencesSeptember 2019: 132 offencesOctober 2019: 105 offencesNovember 2019: 112 offencesDecember 2019: 92 offencesJanuary 2020: 147 offencesFebruary 2020: 210 offencesMarch 2020: 80 offencesApril 2020: 89 offencesMay 2020: 77 offencesJune 2020: 69 offencesJuly 2020: 111 offencesAugust 2020: 89 offencesSeptember 2020: 121 offencesOctober 2020: 183 offencesNovember 2020: 95 offencesDecember 2020: 98 offencesJanuary 2021: 77 offencesFebruary 2021: 86 offencesMarch 2021: 134 offencesApril 2021: 98 offencesMay 2021: 96 offencesJune 2021: 134 offencesJuly 2021: 91 offencesAugust 2021: 110 offencesSeptember 2021: 111 offencesOctober 2021: 109 offencesNovember 2021: 105 offencesDecember 2021: 74 offencesJanuary 2022: 151 offencesFebruary 2022: 169 offencesMarch 2022: 160 offencesApril 2022: 154 offencesMay 2022: 182 offencesJune 2022: 114 offencesJuly 2022: 83 offencesAugust 2022: 104 offencesSeptember 2022: 114 offencesOctober 2022: 130 offencesNovember 2022: 93 offencesDecember 2022: 100 offencesJanuary 2023: 161 offencesFebruary 2023: 139 offencesMarch 2023: 170 offencesApril 2023: 128 offencesMay 2023: 147 offencesJune 2023: 215 offencesJuly 2023: 205 offencesAugust 2023: 160 offencesSeptember 2023: 186 offencesOctober 2023: 193 offencesNovember 2023: 205 offencesDecember 2023: 271 offencesJanuary 2024: 197 offencesFebruary 2024: 179 offencesMarch 2024: 173 offencesApril 2024: 176 offencesMay 2024: 280 offencesJune 2024: 238 offencesJuly 2024: 235 offencesAugust 2024: 296 offencesSeptember 2024: 286 offencesOctober 2024: 349 offencesNovember 2024: 308 offencesDecember 2024: 231 offencesJanuary 2025: 280 offencesFebruary 2025: 244 offencesMarch 2025: 287 offencesApril 2025: 269 offencesMay 2025: 274 offencesJune 2025: 250 offencesJuly 2025: 255 offencesAugust 2025: 170 offencesSeptember 2025: 204 offencesOctober 2025: 232 offencesNovember 2025: 176 offencesDecember 2025: 219 offencesJanuary 2026: 225 offencesFebruary 2026: 234 offencesMarch 2026: 304 offencesApril 2026: 275 offencesMay 2026: 275 offencesJune 2026: 340 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 Dudley

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