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Shoplifting in Plymouth

12 months to June 2026

7.9per 1,000 residents

Police recorded 2,157 shoplifting offences in Plymouth in the 12 months to June 2026, down 2.4% (53) on the previous 12 months. That is 7.9 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, 271,361

Monthly, September 2011 to June 2026

Monthly recorded offences: September 2011 to June 2026CoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour0100200201520202025September 2011: 173 offencesOctober 2011: 147 offencesNovember 2011: 158 offencesDecember 2011: 137 offencesJanuary 2012: 110 offencesFebruary 2012: 149 offencesMarch 2012: 139 offencesApril 2012: 124 offencesMay 2012: 133 offencesJune 2012: 120 offencesJuly 2012: 112 offencesAugust 2012: 144 offencesSeptember 2012: 142 offencesOctober 2012: 182 offencesNovember 2012: 164 offencesDecember 2012: 155 offencesJanuary 2013: 98 offencesFebruary 2013: 159 offencesMarch 2013: 122 offencesApril 2013: 147 offencesMay 2013: 158 offencesJune 2013: 132 offencesJuly 2013: 174 offencesAugust 2013: 199 offencesSeptember 2013: 142 offencesOctober 2013: 160 offencesNovember 2013: 134 offencesDecember 2013: 118 offencesJanuary 2014: 121 offencesFebruary 2014: 142 offencesMarch 2014: 163 offencesApril 2014: 156 offencesMay 2014: 127 offencesJune 2014: 142 offencesJuly 2014: 130 offencesAugust 2014: 134 offencesSeptember 2014: 185 offencesOctober 2014: 125 offencesNovember 2014: 164 offencesDecember 2014: 163 offencesJanuary 2015: 104 offencesFebruary 2015: 149 offencesMarch 2015: 161 offencesApril 2015: 185 offencesMay 2015: 189 offencesJune 2015: 120 offencesJuly 2015: 131 offencesAugust 2015: 119 offencesSeptember 2015: 138 offencesOctober 2015: 120 offencesNovember 2015: 98 offencesDecember 2015: 104 offencesJanuary 2016: 132 offencesFebruary 2016: 100 offencesMarch 2016: 117 offencesApril 2016: 132 offencesMay 2016: 112 offencesJune 2016: 133 offencesJuly 2016: 125 offencesAugust 2016: 163 offencesSeptember 2016: 137 offencesOctober 2016: 127 offencesNovember 2016: 142 offencesDecember 2016: 146 offencesJanuary 2017: 88 offencesFebruary 2017: 150 offencesMarch 2017: 157 offencesApril 2017: 148 offencesMay 2017: 153 offencesJune 2017: 145 offencesJuly 2017: 181 offencesAugust 2017: 173 offencesSeptember 2017: 142 offencesOctober 2017: 154 offencesNovember 2017: 104 offencesDecember 2017: 122 offencesJanuary 2018: 133 offencesFebruary 2018: 125 offencesMarch 2018: 150 offencesApril 2018: 127 offencesMay 2018: 147 offencesJune 2018: 120 offencesJuly 2018: 135 offencesAugust 2018: 114 offencesSeptember 2018: 148 offencesOctober 2018: 175 offencesNovember 2018: 139 offencesDecember 2018: 118 offencesJanuary 2019: 101 offencesFebruary 2019: 107 offencesMarch 2019: 129 offencesApril 2019: 145 offencesMay 2019: 112 offencesJune 2019: 124 offencesJuly 2019: 101 offencesAugust 2019: 121 offencesSeptember 2019: 125 offencesOctober 2019: 133 offencesNovember 2019: 127 offencesDecember 2019: 105 offencesJanuary 2020: 136 offencesFebruary 2020: 101 offencesMarch 2020: 99 offencesApril 2020: 66 offencesMay 2020: 42 offencesJune 2020: 87 offencesJuly 2020: 96 offencesAugust 2020: 84 offencesSeptember 2020: 87 offencesOctober 2020: 78 offencesNovember 2020: 79 offencesDecember 2020: 65 offencesJanuary 2021: 47 offencesFebruary 2021: 39 offencesMarch 2021: 76 offencesApril 2021: 39 offencesMay 2021: 51 offencesJune 2021: 73 offencesJuly 2021: 66 offencesAugust 2021: 67 offencesSeptember 2021: 89 offencesOctober 2021: 84 offencesNovember 2021: 63 offencesDecember 2021: 74 offencesJanuary 2022: 80 offencesFebruary 2022: 64 offencesMarch 2022: 83 offencesApril 2022: 78 offencesMay 2022: 94 offencesJune 2022: 73 offencesJuly 2022: 73 offencesAugust 2022: 118 offencesSeptember 2022: 102 offencesOctober 2022: 94 offencesJuly 2023: 75 offencesAugust 2023: 117 offencesSeptember 2023: 108 offencesOctober 2023: 141 offencesNovember 2023: 98 offencesDecember 2023: 102 offencesJanuary 2024: 143 offencesFebruary 2024: 107 offencesMarch 2024: 110 offencesApril 2024: 129 offencesMay 2024: 143 offencesJune 2024: 172 offencesJuly 2024: 162 offencesAugust 2024: 174 offencesSeptember 2024: 164 offencesOctober 2024: 213 offencesNovember 2024: 208 offencesDecember 2024: 171 offencesJanuary 2025: 145 offencesFebruary 2025: 141 offencesMarch 2025: 176 offencesApril 2025: 227 offencesMay 2025: 219 offencesJune 2025: 210 offencesJuly 2025: 201 offencesAugust 2025: 158 offencesSeptember 2025: 136 offencesOctober 2025: 125 offencesNovember 2025: 130 offencesDecember 2025: 128 offencesJanuary 2026: 146 offencesFebruary 2026: 166 offencesMarch 2026: 180 offencesApril 2026: 234 offencesMay 2026: 265 offencesJune 2026: 288 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 Plymouth

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