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Shoplifting in Kensington and Chelsea

12 months to June 2026

22.4per 1,000 residents

Police recorded 3,261 shoplifting offences in Kensington and Chelsea in the 12 months to June 2026, up 18.8% (517) on the previous 12 months. That is 22.4 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, 145,734

Monthly, September 2011 to June 2026

Monthly recorded offences: September 2011 to June 2026CoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour0100200300201520202025September 2011: 105 offencesOctober 2011: 110 offencesNovember 2011: 156 offencesDecember 2011: 192 offencesJanuary 2012: 152 offencesFebruary 2012: 126 offencesMarch 2012: 161 offencesApril 2012: 125 offencesMay 2012: 126 offencesJune 2012: 131 offencesJuly 2012: 144 offencesAugust 2012: 143 offencesSeptember 2012: 96 offencesOctober 2012: 122 offencesNovember 2012: 110 offencesDecember 2012: 142 offencesJanuary 2013: 129 offencesFebruary 2013: 124 offencesMarch 2013: 123 offencesApril 2013: 126 offencesMay 2013: 126 offencesJune 2013: 122 offencesJuly 2013: 122 offencesAugust 2013: 85 offencesSeptember 2013: 105 offencesOctober 2013: 125 offencesNovember 2013: 124 offencesDecember 2013: 135 offencesJanuary 2014: 110 offencesFebruary 2014: 116 offencesMarch 2014: 150 offencesApril 2014: 152 offencesMay 2014: 149 offencesJune 2014: 144 offencesJuly 2014: 162 offencesAugust 2014: 157 offencesSeptember 2014: 123 offencesOctober 2014: 131 offencesNovember 2014: 129 offencesDecember 2014: 188 offencesJanuary 2015: 137 offencesFebruary 2015: 121 offencesMarch 2015: 127 offencesApril 2015: 147 offencesMay 2015: 172 offencesJune 2015: 156 offencesJuly 2015: 149 offencesAugust 2015: 123 offencesSeptember 2015: 121 offencesOctober 2015: 170 offencesNovember 2015: 132 offencesDecember 2015: 165 offencesJanuary 2016: 124 offencesFebruary 2016: 120 offencesMarch 2016: 135 offencesApril 2016: 119 offencesMay 2016: 176 offencesJune 2016: 140 offencesJuly 2016: 148 offencesAugust 2016: 126 offencesSeptember 2016: 132 offencesOctober 2016: 140 offencesNovember 2016: 129 offencesDecember 2016: 145 offencesJanuary 2017: 121 offencesFebruary 2017: 106 offencesMarch 2017: 146 offencesApril 2017: 136 offencesMay 2017: 159 offencesJune 2017: 127 offencesJuly 2017: 149 offencesAugust 2017: 161 offencesSeptember 2017: 137 offencesOctober 2017: 131 offencesNovember 2017: 145 offencesDecember 2017: 146 offencesJanuary 2018: 152 offencesFebruary 2018: 142 offencesMarch 2018: 147 offencesApril 2018: 136 offencesMay 2018: 127 offencesJune 2018: 137 offencesJuly 2018: 123 offencesAugust 2018: 100 offencesSeptember 2018: 100 offencesOctober 2018: 130 offencesNovember 2018: 131 offencesDecember 2018: 125 offencesJanuary 2019: 107 offencesFebruary 2019: 105 offencesMarch 2019: 123 offencesApril 2019: 106 offencesMay 2019: 126 offencesJune 2019: 143 offencesJuly 2019: 133 offencesAugust 2019: 171 offencesSeptember 2019: 123 offencesOctober 2019: 143 offencesNovember 2019: 168 offencesDecember 2019: 175 offencesJanuary 2020: 178 offencesFebruary 2020: 109 offencesMarch 2020: 94 offencesApril 2020: 24 offencesMay 2020: 33 offencesJune 2020: 73 offencesJuly 2020: 102 offencesAugust 2020: 89 offencesSeptember 2020: 112 offencesOctober 2020: 115 offencesNovember 2020: 51 offencesDecember 2020: 97 offencesJanuary 2021: 44 offencesFebruary 2021: 52 offencesMarch 2021: 40 offencesApril 2021: 79 offencesMay 2021: 90 offencesJune 2021: 82 offencesJuly 2021: 127 offencesAugust 2021: 119 offencesSeptember 2021: 98 offencesOctober 2021: 104 offencesNovember 2021: 83 offencesDecember 2021: 141 offencesJanuary 2022: 100 offencesFebruary 2022: 94 offencesMarch 2022: 112 offencesApril 2022: 86 offencesMay 2022: 103 offencesJune 2022: 86 offencesJuly 2022: 85 offencesAugust 2022: 74 offencesSeptember 2022: 71 offencesOctober 2022: 85 offencesNovember 2022: 79 offencesDecember 2022: 94 offencesJanuary 2023: 94 offencesFebruary 2023: 94 offencesMarch 2023: 102 offencesApril 2023: 97 offencesMay 2023: 130 offencesJune 2023: 157 offencesJuly 2023: 159 offencesAugust 2023: 133 offencesSeptember 2023: 138 offencesOctober 2023: 148 offencesNovember 2023: 166 offencesDecember 2023: 157 offencesJanuary 2024: 176 offencesFebruary 2024: 155 offencesMarch 2024: 155 offencesApril 2024: 183 offencesMay 2024: 195 offencesJune 2024: 168 offencesJuly 2024: 246 offencesAugust 2024: 187 offencesSeptember 2024: 205 offencesOctober 2024: 253 offencesNovember 2024: 193 offencesDecember 2024: 229 offencesJanuary 2025: 196 offencesFebruary 2025: 197 offencesMarch 2025: 229 offencesApril 2025: 209 offencesMay 2025: 275 offencesJune 2025: 325 offencesJuly 2025: 339 offencesAugust 2025: 335 offencesSeptember 2025: 302 offencesOctober 2025: 243 offencesNovember 2025: 260 offencesDecember 2025: 238 offencesJanuary 2026: 242 offencesFebruary 2026: 232 offencesMarch 2026: 248 offencesApril 2026: 248 offencesMay 2026: 253 offencesJune 2026: 321 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 Kensington and Chelsea

Every local authority ranked by shoplifting rate · All recorded crime in Kensington and Chelsea