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Other theft in Preston

12 months to June 2026

7.3per 1,000 residents

Police recorded 1,201 other theft offences in Preston in the 12 months to June 2026, up 2.0% (24) on the previous 12 months. That is 7.3 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, 164,498

Monthly, September 2011 to June 2026

Monthly recorded offences: September 2011 to June 2026CoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour0100200201520202025September 2011: 202 offencesOctober 2011: 164 offencesNovember 2011: 180 offencesDecember 2011: 146 offencesJanuary 2012: 160 offencesFebruary 2012: 145 offencesMarch 2012: 209 offencesApril 2012: 202 offencesMay 2012: 219 offencesJune 2012: 177 offencesJuly 2012: 182 offencesAugust 2012: 178 offencesSeptember 2012: 188 offencesOctober 2012: 182 offencesNovember 2012: 214 offencesDecember 2012: 167 offencesJanuary 2013: 173 offencesFebruary 2013: 153 offencesMarch 2013: 146 offencesApril 2013: 153 offencesMay 2013: 125 offencesJune 2013: 147 offencesJuly 2013: 148 offencesAugust 2013: 155 offencesSeptember 2013: 110 offencesOctober 2013: 106 offencesNovember 2013: 154 offencesDecember 2013: 104 offencesJanuary 2014: 132 offencesFebruary 2014: 103 offencesMarch 2014: 139 offencesApril 2014: 132 offencesMay 2014: 132 offencesJune 2014: 136 offencesJuly 2014: 139 offencesAugust 2014: 125 offencesSeptember 2014: 108 offencesOctober 2014: 129 offencesNovember 2014: 98 offencesDecember 2014: 105 offencesJanuary 2015: 89 offencesFebruary 2015: 99 offencesMarch 2015: 131 offencesApril 2015: 114 offencesMay 2015: 128 offencesJune 2015: 106 offencesJuly 2015: 139 offencesAugust 2015: 141 offencesSeptember 2015: 139 offencesOctober 2015: 145 offencesNovember 2015: 107 offencesDecember 2015: 132 offencesJanuary 2016: 108 offencesFebruary 2016: 128 offencesMarch 2016: 126 offencesApril 2016: 126 offencesMay 2016: 145 offencesJune 2016: 132 offencesJuly 2016: 156 offencesAugust 2016: 136 offencesSeptember 2016: 141 offencesOctober 2016: 160 offencesNovember 2016: 148 offencesDecember 2016: 135 offencesJanuary 2017: 135 offencesFebruary 2017: 131 offencesMarch 2017: 144 offencesApril 2017: 159 offencesMay 2017: 183 offencesJune 2017: 141 offencesJuly 2017: 164 offencesAugust 2017: 168 offencesSeptember 2017: 179 offencesOctober 2017: 150 offencesNovember 2017: 119 offencesDecember 2017: 138 offencesJanuary 2018: 154 offencesFebruary 2018: 108 offencesMarch 2018: 164 offencesApril 2018: 168 offencesMay 2018: 185 offencesJune 2018: 167 offencesJuly 2018: 193 offencesAugust 2018: 180 offencesSeptember 2018: 167 offencesOctober 2018: 169 offencesNovember 2018: 141 offencesDecember 2018: 176 offencesJanuary 2019: 167 offencesFebruary 2019: 121 offencesMarch 2019: 159 offencesApril 2019: 153 offencesMay 2019: 156 offencesJune 2019: 151 offencesJuly 2019: 160 offencesAugust 2019: 159 offencesSeptember 2019: 147 offencesOctober 2019: 167 offencesNovember 2019: 154 offencesDecember 2019: 138 offencesJanuary 2020: 134 offencesFebruary 2020: 136 offencesMarch 2020: 151 offencesApril 2020: 86 offencesMay 2020: 95 offencesJune 2020: 97 offencesJuly 2020: 125 offencesAugust 2020: 125 offencesSeptember 2020: 124 offencesOctober 2020: 108 offencesNovember 2020: 118 offencesDecember 2020: 105 offencesJanuary 2021: 102 offencesFebruary 2021: 91 offencesMarch 2021: 136 offencesApril 2021: 122 offencesMay 2021: 100 offencesJune 2021: 114 offencesJuly 2021: 139 offencesAugust 2021: 135 offencesSeptember 2021: 116 offencesOctober 2021: 99 offencesNovember 2021: 137 offencesDecember 2021: 112 offencesJanuary 2022: 118 offencesFebruary 2022: 118 offencesMarch 2022: 132 offencesApril 2022: 132 offencesMay 2022: 141 offencesJune 2022: 104 offencesJuly 2022: 134 offencesAugust 2022: 164 offencesSeptember 2022: 111 offencesOctober 2022: 115 offencesNovember 2022: 152 offencesDecember 2022: 124 offencesJanuary 2023: 130 offencesFebruary 2023: 127 offencesMarch 2023: 131 offencesApril 2023: 133 offencesMay 2023: 112 offencesJune 2023: 109 offencesJuly 2023: 139 offencesAugust 2023: 113 offencesSeptember 2023: 107 offencesOctober 2023: 114 offencesNovember 2023: 103 offencesDecember 2023: 109 offencesJanuary 2024: 107 offencesFebruary 2024: 113 offencesMarch 2024: 101 offencesApril 2024: 140 offencesMay 2024: 96 offencesJune 2024: 126 offencesJuly 2024: 119 offencesAugust 2024: 113 offencesSeptember 2024: 97 offencesOctober 2024: 110 offencesNovember 2024: 96 offencesDecember 2024: 90 offencesJanuary 2025: 90 offencesFebruary 2025: 93 offencesMarch 2025: 98 offencesApril 2025: 80 offencesMay 2025: 90 offencesJune 2025: 101 offencesJuly 2025: 109 offencesAugust 2025: 108 offencesSeptember 2025: 90 offencesOctober 2025: 100 offencesNovember 2025: 92 offencesDecember 2025: 99 offencesJanuary 2026: 92 offencesFebruary 2026: 78 offencesMarch 2026: 101 offencesApril 2026: 128 offencesMay 2026: 92 offencesJune 2026: 112 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 20114,147 (partial)
June 20121,56311.12012
June 20133782.72013
June 20141641.22014
June 20151521.12015
June 20161351.02016
June 20171140.82017
June 20182701.92018
June 20193162.22019
June 20202651.82020
June 20213992.72021
June 20224132.72022
June 20233592.32023
June 20244112.52024
June 20255053.12025
June 20265013.02025

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 Preston

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