Police-recorded · Liverpool · Merseyside Police

Shoplifting in Liverpool

12 months to June 2026

10.5per 1,000 residents

Police recorded 5,327 shoplifting offences in Liverpool in the 12 months to June 2026, up 14.9% (691) on the previous 12 months. That is 10.5 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, 507,915

Monthly, September 2011 to June 2026

Monthly recorded offences: September 2011 to June 2026CoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour0200400201520202025September 2011: 259 offencesOctober 2011: 300 offencesNovember 2011: 277 offencesDecember 2011: 311 offencesJanuary 2012: 262 offencesFebruary 2012: 284 offencesMarch 2012: 272 offencesApril 2012: 312 offencesMay 2012: 296 offencesJune 2012: 279 offencesJuly 2012: 326 offencesAugust 2012: 362 offencesSeptember 2012: 316 offencesOctober 2012: 338 offencesNovember 2012: 331 offencesDecember 2012: 326 offencesJanuary 2013: 286 offencesFebruary 2013: 311 offencesMarch 2013: 329 offencesApril 2013: 329 offencesMay 2013: 390 offencesJune 2013: 341 offencesJuly 2013: 374 offencesAugust 2013: 382 offencesSeptember 2013: 391 offencesOctober 2013: 368 offencesNovember 2013: 395 offencesDecember 2013: 361 offencesJanuary 2014: 317 offencesFebruary 2014: 316 offencesMarch 2014: 394 offencesApril 2014: 328 offencesMay 2014: 381 offencesJune 2014: 333 offencesJuly 2014: 339 offencesAugust 2014: 352 offencesSeptember 2014: 332 offencesOctober 2014: 384 offencesNovember 2014: 369 offencesDecember 2014: 368 offencesJanuary 2015: 321 offencesFebruary 2015: 344 offencesMarch 2015: 413 offencesApril 2015: 396 offencesMay 2015: 339 offencesJune 2015: 348 offencesJuly 2015: 350 offencesAugust 2015: 297 offencesSeptember 2015: 285 offencesOctober 2015: 356 offencesNovember 2015: 377 offencesDecember 2015: 346 offencesJanuary 2016: 339 offencesFebruary 2016: 310 offencesMarch 2016: 349 offencesApril 2016: 286 offencesMay 2016: 367 offencesJune 2016: 378 offencesJuly 2016: 357 offencesAugust 2016: 282 offencesSeptember 2016: 328 offencesOctober 2016: 361 offencesNovember 2016: 333 offencesDecember 2016: 294 offencesJanuary 2017: 318 offencesFebruary 2017: 355 offencesMarch 2017: 416 offencesApril 2017: 320 offencesMay 2017: 366 offencesJune 2017: 322 offencesJuly 2017: 320 offencesAugust 2017: 297 offencesSeptember 2017: 349 offencesOctober 2017: 312 offencesNovember 2017: 297 offencesDecember 2017: 282 offencesJanuary 2018: 324 offencesFebruary 2018: 292 offencesMarch 2018: 335 offencesApril 2018: 345 offencesMay 2018: 373 offencesJune 2018: 301 offencesJuly 2018: 345 offencesAugust 2018: 388 offencesSeptember 2018: 295 offencesOctober 2018: 348 offencesNovember 2018: 319 offencesDecember 2018: 251 offencesJanuary 2019: 282 offencesFebruary 2019: 270 offencesMarch 2019: 346 offencesApril 2019: 258 offencesMay 2019: 289 offencesJune 2019: 298 offencesJuly 2019: 298 offencesAugust 2019: 321 offencesSeptember 2019: 304 offencesOctober 2019: 338 offencesNovember 2019: 304 offencesDecember 2019: 275 offencesJanuary 2020: 270 offencesFebruary 2020: 253 offencesMarch 2020: 214 offencesApril 2020: 174 offencesMay 2020: 162 offencesJune 2020: 156 offencesJuly 2020: 203 offencesAugust 2020: 220 offencesSeptember 2020: 227 offencesOctober 2020: 227 offencesNovember 2020: 245 offencesDecember 2020: 200 offencesJanuary 2021: 180 offencesFebruary 2021: 212 offencesMarch 2021: 207 offencesApril 2021: 229 offencesMay 2021: 247 offencesJune 2021: 256 offencesJuly 2021: 274 offencesAugust 2021: 224 offencesSeptember 2021: 219 offencesOctober 2021: 254 offencesNovember 2021: 252 offencesDecember 2021: 207 offencesJanuary 2022: 231 offencesFebruary 2022: 243 offencesMarch 2022: 315 offencesApril 2022: 267 offencesMay 2022: 311 offencesJune 2022: 268 offencesJuly 2022: 262 offencesAugust 2022: 241 offencesSeptember 2022: 261 offencesOctober 2022: 261 offencesNovember 2022: 247 offencesDecember 2022: 237 offencesJanuary 2023: 306 offencesFebruary 2023: 296 offencesMarch 2023: 366 offencesApril 2023: 318 offencesMay 2023: 325 offencesJune 2023: 267 offencesJuly 2023: 335 offencesAugust 2023: 370 offencesSeptember 2023: 305 offencesOctober 2023: 399 offencesNovember 2023: 372 offencesDecember 2023: 305 offencesJanuary 2024: 422 offencesFebruary 2024: 357 offencesMarch 2024: 392 offencesApril 2024: 455 offencesMay 2024: 442 offencesJune 2024: 421 offencesJuly 2024: 466 offencesAugust 2024: 438 offencesSeptember 2024: 422 offencesOctober 2024: 375 offencesNovember 2024: 384 offencesDecember 2024: 310 offencesJanuary 2025: 356 offencesFebruary 2025: 325 offencesMarch 2025: 423 offencesApril 2025: 368 offencesMay 2025: 377 offencesJune 2025: 392 offencesJuly 2025: 379 offencesAugust 2025: 440 offencesSeptember 2025: 446 offencesOctober 2025: 436 offencesNovember 2025: 447 offencesDecember 2025: 455 offencesJanuary 2026: 432 offencesFebruary 2026: 437 offencesMarch 2026: 514 offencesApril 2026: 436 offencesMay 2026: 435 offencesJune 2026: 470 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

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 Liverpool

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