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Other theft in Leicester

12 months to June 2026

7.8per 1,000 residents

Police recorded 3,000 other theft offences in Leicester in the 12 months to June 2026, down 9.6% (317) on the previous 12 months. That is 7.8 per 1,000 residents against 6.5 for England and Wales.

  1. Home Office · data.police.uk
  2. street-level crime archive, category “Other theft
  3. local authority via LSOA lookup
  4. population: ONS mid-2025 estimate, 383,116

Monthly, September 2011 to June 2026

Monthly recorded offences: September 2011 to June 2026CoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour0200400600201520202025September 2011: 631 offencesOctober 2011: 646 offencesNovember 2011: 537 offencesDecember 2011: 474 offencesJanuary 2012: 481 offencesFebruary 2012: 478 offencesMarch 2012: 520 offencesApril 2012: 434 offencesMay 2012: 488 offencesJune 2012: 425 offencesJuly 2012: 407 offencesAugust 2012: 433 offencesSeptember 2012: 500 offencesOctober 2012: 567 offencesNovember 2012: 504 offencesDecember 2012: 389 offencesJanuary 2013: 404 offencesFebruary 2013: 428 offencesMarch 2013: 417 offencesApril 2013: 417 offencesMay 2013: 383 offencesJune 2013: 315 offencesJuly 2013: 311 offencesAugust 2013: 303 offencesSeptember 2013: 278 offencesOctober 2013: 287 offencesNovember 2013: 291 offencesDecember 2013: 265 offencesJanuary 2014: 246 offencesFebruary 2014: 295 offencesMarch 2014: 328 offencesApril 2014: 315 offencesMay 2014: 293 offencesJune 2014: 351 offencesJuly 2014: 278 offencesAugust 2014: 290 offencesSeptember 2014: 292 offencesOctober 2014: 277 offencesNovember 2014: 253 offencesDecember 2014: 238 offencesJanuary 2015: 212 offencesFebruary 2015: 230 offencesMarch 2015: 306 offencesApril 2015: 227 offencesMay 2015: 184 offencesJune 2015: 225 offencesJuly 2015: 264 offencesAugust 2015: 293 offencesSeptember 2015: 222 offencesOctober 2015: 281 offencesNovember 2015: 232 offencesDecember 2015: 261 offencesJanuary 2016: 250 offencesFebruary 2016: 269 offencesMarch 2016: 260 offencesApril 2016: 254 offencesMay 2016: 294 offencesJune 2016: 282 offencesJuly 2016: 317 offencesAugust 2016: 319 offencesSeptember 2016: 303 offencesOctober 2016: 310 offencesNovember 2016: 326 offencesDecember 2016: 317 offencesJanuary 2017: 311 offencesFebruary 2017: 343 offencesMarch 2017: 421 offencesApril 2017: 394 offencesMay 2017: 410 offencesJune 2017: 386 offencesJuly 2017: 401 offencesAugust 2017: 363 offencesSeptember 2017: 371 offencesOctober 2017: 414 offencesNovember 2017: 398 offencesDecember 2017: 346 offencesJanuary 2018: 425 offencesFebruary 2018: 357 offencesMarch 2018: 391 offencesApril 2018: 543 offencesMay 2018: 372 offencesJune 2018: 279 offencesJuly 2018: 295 offencesAugust 2018: 289 offencesSeptember 2018: 273 offencesOctober 2018: 294 offencesNovember 2018: 279 offencesDecember 2018: 294 offencesJanuary 2019: 318 offencesFebruary 2019: 272 offencesMarch 2019: 281 offencesApril 2019: 228 offencesMay 2019: 306 offencesJune 2019: 241 offencesJuly 2019: 283 offencesAugust 2019: 281 offencesSeptember 2019: 281 offencesOctober 2019: 290 offencesNovember 2019: 297 offencesDecember 2019: 259 offencesJanuary 2020: 318 offencesFebruary 2020: 276 offencesMarch 2020: 279 offencesApril 2020: 176 offencesMay 2020: 204 offencesJune 2020: 197 offencesJuly 2020: 192 offencesAugust 2020: 237 offencesSeptember 2020: 236 offencesOctober 2020: 252 offencesNovember 2020: 205 offencesDecember 2020: 184 offencesJanuary 2021: 200 offencesFebruary 2021: 203 offencesMarch 2021: 235 offencesApril 2021: 228 offencesMay 2021: 212 offencesJune 2021: 259 offencesJuly 2021: 238 offencesAugust 2021: 264 offencesSeptember 2021: 312 offencesOctober 2021: 303 offencesNovember 2021: 318 offencesDecember 2021: 331 offencesJanuary 2022: 325 offencesFebruary 2022: 288 offencesMarch 2022: 342 offencesApril 2022: 367 offencesMay 2022: 324 offencesJune 2022: 303 offencesJuly 2022: 356 offencesAugust 2022: 331 offencesSeptember 2022: 332 offencesOctober 2022: 372 offencesNovember 2022: 337 offencesDecember 2022: 347 offencesJanuary 2023: 374 offencesFebruary 2023: 309 offencesMarch 2023: 369 offencesApril 2023: 285 offencesMay 2023: 353 offencesJune 2023: 321 offencesJuly 2023: 345 offencesAugust 2023: 320 offencesSeptember 2023: 293 offencesOctober 2023: 337 offencesNovember 2023: 320 offencesDecember 2023: 365 offencesJanuary 2024: 299 offencesFebruary 2024: 277 offencesMarch 2024: 293 offencesApril 2024: 284 offencesMay 2024: 272 offencesJune 2024: 289 offencesJuly 2024: 299 offencesAugust 2024: 267 offencesSeptember 2024: 275 offencesOctober 2024: 303 offencesNovember 2024: 279 offencesDecember 2024: 279 offencesJanuary 2025: 278 offencesFebruary 2025: 268 offencesMarch 2025: 265 offencesApril 2025: 270 offencesMay 2025: 250 offencesJune 2025: 284 offencesJuly 2025: 245 offencesAugust 2025: 285 offencesSeptember 2025: 214 offencesOctober 2025: 260 offencesNovember 2025: 225 offencesDecember 2025: 251 offencesJanuary 2026: 285 offencesFebruary 2026: 232 offencesMarch 2026: 254 offencesApril 2026: 214 offencesMay 2026: 259 offencesJune 2026: 276 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

Each year since 2011

Year toOffencesPer 1,000Population year
June 201110,873 (partial)
June 20124,57513.72012
June 20138372.52013
June 20143210.92014
June 20152900.82015
June 20164021.12016
June 20176311.72017
June 20187572.12018
June 20199092.52019
June 20208442.32020
June 20211,0112.82021
June 20229432.52022
June 20231,0282.72023
June 20248712.32024
June 20251,0212.72025
June 20267832.02025

What this measures

Theft not covered by the more specific theft categories, such as theft from work or from a garden.

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 Leicester

Every local authority ranked by other theft rate · All recorded crime in Leicester