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Shoplifting in Newcastle upon Tyne

12 months to June 2026

14.4per 1,000 residents

Police recorded 4,619 shoplifting offences in Newcastle upon Tyne in the 12 months to June 2026, down 4.6% (223) on the previous 12 months. That is 14.4 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, 320,838

Monthly, September 2011 to June 2026

Monthly recorded offences: September 2011 to June 2026CoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour0200400201520202025September 2011: 217 offencesOctober 2011: 233 offencesNovember 2011: 258 offencesDecember 2011: 273 offencesJanuary 2012: 250 offencesFebruary 2012: 285 offencesMarch 2012: 329 offencesApril 2012: 285 offencesMay 2012: 243 offencesJune 2012: 261 offencesJuly 2012: 270 offencesAugust 2012: 268 offencesSeptember 2012: 268 offencesOctober 2012: 281 offencesNovember 2012: 259 offencesDecember 2012: 227 offencesJanuary 2013: 211 offencesFebruary 2013: 256 offencesMarch 2013: 281 offencesApril 2013: 314 offencesMay 2013: 289 offencesJune 2013: 308 offencesJuly 2013: 244 offencesAugust 2013: 249 offencesSeptember 2013: 272 offencesOctober 2013: 273 offencesNovember 2013: 309 offencesDecember 2013: 219 offencesJanuary 2014: 278 offencesFebruary 2014: 253 offencesMarch 2014: 286 offencesApril 2014: 239 offencesMay 2014: 257 offencesJune 2014: 273 offencesJuly 2014: 309 offencesAugust 2014: 256 offencesSeptember 2014: 280 offencesOctober 2014: 348 offencesNovember 2014: 318 offencesDecember 2014: 301 offencesJanuary 2015: 312 offencesFebruary 2015: 261 offencesMarch 2015: 381 offencesApril 2015: 331 offencesMay 2015: 340 offencesJune 2015: 305 offencesJuly 2015: 291 offencesAugust 2015: 262 offencesSeptember 2015: 336 offencesOctober 2015: 354 offencesNovember 2015: 348 offencesDecember 2015: 300 offencesJanuary 2016: 358 offencesFebruary 2016: 348 offencesMarch 2016: 423 offencesApril 2016: 449 offencesMay 2016: 329 offencesJune 2016: 383 offencesJuly 2016: 375 offencesAugust 2016: 382 offencesSeptember 2016: 330 offencesOctober 2016: 397 offencesNovember 2016: 374 offencesDecember 2016: 388 offencesJanuary 2017: 383 offencesFebruary 2017: 390 offencesMarch 2017: 436 offencesApril 2017: 396 offencesMay 2017: 419 offencesJune 2017: 370 offencesJuly 2017: 439 offencesAugust 2017: 440 offencesSeptember 2017: 407 offencesOctober 2017: 458 offencesNovember 2017: 405 offencesDecember 2017: 376 offencesJanuary 2018: 374 offencesFebruary 2018: 388 offencesMarch 2018: 368 offencesApril 2018: 470 offencesMay 2018: 459 offencesJune 2018: 439 offencesJuly 2018: 404 offencesAugust 2018: 353 offencesSeptember 2018: 375 offencesOctober 2018: 431 offencesNovember 2018: 396 offencesDecember 2018: 281 offencesJanuary 2019: 301 offencesFebruary 2019: 341 offencesMarch 2019: 363 offencesApril 2019: 312 offencesMay 2019: 360 offencesJune 2019: 271 offencesJuly 2019: 277 offencesAugust 2019: 295 offencesSeptember 2019: 293 offencesOctober 2019: 296 offencesNovember 2019: 311 offencesDecember 2019: 304 offencesJanuary 2020: 302 offencesFebruary 2020: 261 offencesMarch 2020: 239 offencesApril 2020: 116 offencesMay 2020: 137 offencesJune 2020: 140 offencesJuly 2020: 231 offencesAugust 2020: 164 offencesSeptember 2020: 186 offencesOctober 2020: 186 offencesNovember 2020: 195 offencesDecember 2020: 196 offencesJanuary 2021: 176 offencesFebruary 2021: 138 offencesMarch 2021: 169 offencesApril 2021: 195 offencesMay 2021: 218 offencesJune 2021: 200 offencesJuly 2021: 218 offencesAugust 2021: 210 offencesSeptember 2021: 180 offencesOctober 2021: 244 offencesNovember 2021: 231 offencesDecember 2021: 191 offencesJanuary 2022: 221 offencesFebruary 2022: 184 offencesMarch 2022: 212 offencesApril 2022: 195 offencesMay 2022: 186 offencesJune 2022: 201 offencesJuly 2022: 155 offencesAugust 2022: 170 offencesSeptember 2022: 148 offencesOctober 2022: 212 offencesNovember 2022: 206 offencesDecember 2022: 179 offencesJanuary 2023: 272 offencesFebruary 2023: 265 offencesMarch 2023: 282 offencesApril 2023: 307 offencesMay 2023: 367 offencesJune 2023: 276 offencesJuly 2023: 319 offencesAugust 2023: 383 offencesSeptember 2023: 339 offencesOctober 2023: 308 offencesNovember 2023: 273 offencesDecember 2023: 256 offencesJanuary 2024: 309 offencesFebruary 2024: 324 offencesMarch 2024: 399 offencesApril 2024: 403 offencesMay 2024: 419 offencesJune 2024: 447 offencesJuly 2024: 446 offencesAugust 2024: 493 offencesSeptember 2024: 445 offencesOctober 2024: 440 offencesNovember 2024: 357 offencesDecember 2024: 291 offencesJanuary 2025: 418 offencesFebruary 2025: 422 offencesMarch 2025: 413 offencesApril 2025: 418 offencesMay 2025: 347 offencesJune 2025: 352 offencesJuly 2025: 377 offencesAugust 2025: 412 offencesSeptember 2025: 378 offencesOctober 2025: 388 offencesNovember 2025: 352 offencesDecember 2025: 340 offencesJanuary 2026: 75 offencesFebruary 2026: 355 offencesMarch 2026: 441 offencesApril 2026: 524 offencesMay 2026: 457 offencesJune 2026: 520 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 Newcastle upon Tyne

Every local authority ranked by shoplifting rate · All recorded crime in Newcastle upon Tyne