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Other theft in Lewisham

12 months to June 2026

8.2per 1,000 residents

Police recorded 2,464 other theft offences in Lewisham in the 12 months to June 2026, down 7.3% (193) on the previous 12 months. That is 8.2 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, 301,037

Monthly, September 2011 to June 2026

Monthly recorded offences: September 2011 to June 2026CoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour0200400201520202025September 2011: 351 offencesOctober 2011: 398 offencesNovember 2011: 351 offencesDecember 2011: 309 offencesJanuary 2012: 319 offencesFebruary 2012: 310 offencesMarch 2012: 413 offencesApril 2012: 340 offencesMay 2012: 410 offencesJune 2012: 356 offencesJuly 2012: 390 offencesAugust 2012: 393 offencesSeptember 2012: 365 offencesOctober 2012: 421 offencesNovember 2012: 364 offencesDecember 2012: 349 offencesJanuary 2013: 344 offencesFebruary 2013: 283 offencesMarch 2013: 301 offencesApril 2013: 311 offencesMay 2013: 275 offencesJune 2013: 225 offencesJuly 2013: 252 offencesAugust 2013: 256 offencesSeptember 2013: 224 offencesOctober 2013: 229 offencesNovember 2013: 209 offencesDecember 2013: 228 offencesJanuary 2014: 208 offencesFebruary 2014: 227 offencesMarch 2014: 254 offencesApril 2014: 241 offencesMay 2014: 236 offencesJune 2014: 255 offencesJuly 2014: 245 offencesAugust 2014: 205 offencesSeptember 2014: 257 offencesOctober 2014: 237 offencesNovember 2014: 236 offencesDecember 2014: 222 offencesJanuary 2015: 229 offencesFebruary 2015: 205 offencesMarch 2015: 232 offencesApril 2015: 238 offencesMay 2015: 245 offencesJune 2015: 255 offencesJuly 2015: 274 offencesAugust 2015: 242 offencesSeptember 2015: 225 offencesOctober 2015: 259 offencesNovember 2015: 249 offencesDecember 2015: 223 offencesJanuary 2016: 201 offencesFebruary 2016: 226 offencesMarch 2016: 212 offencesApril 2016: 197 offencesMay 2016: 233 offencesJune 2016: 260 offencesJuly 2016: 281 offencesAugust 2016: 282 offencesSeptember 2016: 227 offencesOctober 2016: 237 offencesNovember 2016: 211 offencesDecember 2016: 223 offencesJanuary 2017: 192 offencesFebruary 2017: 200 offencesMarch 2017: 236 offencesApril 2017: 209 offencesMay 2017: 226 offencesJune 2017: 239 offencesJuly 2017: 262 offencesAugust 2017: 246 offencesSeptember 2017: 259 offencesOctober 2017: 257 offencesNovember 2017: 231 offencesDecember 2017: 225 offencesJanuary 2018: 236 offencesFebruary 2018: 207 offencesMarch 2018: 243 offencesApril 2018: 210 offencesMay 2018: 260 offencesJune 2018: 208 offencesJuly 2018: 237 offencesAugust 2018: 225 offencesSeptember 2018: 247 offencesOctober 2018: 270 offencesNovember 2018: 248 offencesDecember 2018: 233 offencesJanuary 2019: 215 offencesFebruary 2019: 229 offencesMarch 2019: 266 offencesApril 2019: 254 offencesMay 2019: 268 offencesJune 2019: 245 offencesJuly 2019: 235 offencesAugust 2019: 225 offencesSeptember 2019: 203 offencesOctober 2019: 219 offencesNovember 2019: 239 offencesDecember 2019: 218 offencesJanuary 2020: 198 offencesFebruary 2020: 201 offencesMarch 2020: 183 offencesApril 2020: 156 offencesMay 2020: 174 offencesJune 2020: 201 offencesJuly 2020: 195 offencesAugust 2020: 213 offencesSeptember 2020: 215 offencesOctober 2020: 205 offencesNovember 2020: 193 offencesDecember 2020: 176 offencesJanuary 2021: 169 offencesFebruary 2021: 150 offencesMarch 2021: 209 offencesApril 2021: 185 offencesMay 2021: 244 offencesJune 2021: 257 offencesJuly 2021: 257 offencesAugust 2021: 235 offencesSeptember 2021: 249 offencesOctober 2021: 241 offencesNovember 2021: 255 offencesDecember 2021: 246 offencesJanuary 2022: 257 offencesFebruary 2022: 245 offencesMarch 2022: 309 offencesApril 2022: 258 offencesMay 2022: 245 offencesJune 2022: 294 offencesJuly 2022: 276 offencesAugust 2022: 312 offencesSeptember 2022: 286 offencesOctober 2022: 281 offencesNovember 2022: 273 offencesDecember 2022: 321 offencesJanuary 2023: 308 offencesFebruary 2023: 254 offencesMarch 2023: 281 offencesApril 2023: 225 offencesMay 2023: 251 offencesJune 2023: 304 offencesJuly 2023: 254 offencesAugust 2023: 250 offencesSeptember 2023: 275 offencesOctober 2023: 281 offencesNovember 2023: 262 offencesDecember 2023: 262 offencesJanuary 2024: 274 offencesFebruary 2024: 216 offencesMarch 2024: 246 offencesApril 2024: 229 offencesMay 2024: 210 offencesJune 2024: 254 offencesJuly 2024: 238 offencesAugust 2024: 235 offencesSeptember 2024: 229 offencesOctober 2024: 243 offencesNovember 2024: 202 offencesDecember 2024: 241 offencesJanuary 2025: 222 offencesFebruary 2025: 212 offencesMarch 2025: 195 offencesApril 2025: 197 offencesMay 2025: 232 offencesJune 2025: 211 offencesJuly 2025: 219 offencesAugust 2025: 183 offencesSeptember 2025: 222 offencesOctober 2025: 194 offencesNovember 2025: 220 offencesDecember 2025: 205 offencesJanuary 2026: 199 offencesFebruary 2026: 221 offencesMarch 2026: 199 offencesApril 2026: 176 offencesMay 2026: 206 offencesJune 2026: 220 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 20117,614 (partial)
June 20123,75813.42012
June 20131,0383.62013
June 20141950.72014
June 20152300.82015
June 20162981.02016
June 20173281.12017
June 20183371.12018
June 20193711.22019
June 20203281.12020
June 20213371.12021
June 20223471.22022
June 20233141.02023
June 20243041.02024
June 20254221.42025
June 20264251.42025

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 Lewisham

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