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Other theft in Sefton

12 months to June 2026

4.2per 1,000 residents

Police recorded 1,198 other theft offences in Sefton in the 12 months to June 2026, up 0.7% (8) on the previous 12 months. That is 4.2 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, 287,583

Monthly, September 2011 to June 2026

Monthly recorded offences: September 2011 to June 2026CoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour0100200201520202025September 2011: 198 offencesOctober 2011: 171 offencesNovember 2011: 197 offencesDecember 2011: 162 offencesJanuary 2012: 188 offencesFebruary 2012: 148 offencesMarch 2012: 232 offencesApril 2012: 188 offencesMay 2012: 194 offencesJune 2012: 156 offencesJuly 2012: 188 offencesAugust 2012: 188 offencesSeptember 2012: 156 offencesOctober 2012: 187 offencesNovember 2012: 182 offencesDecember 2012: 129 offencesJanuary 2013: 126 offencesFebruary 2013: 142 offencesMarch 2013: 142 offencesApril 2013: 164 offencesMay 2013: 167 offencesJune 2013: 124 offencesJuly 2013: 124 offencesAugust 2013: 116 offencesSeptember 2013: 93 offencesOctober 2013: 98 offencesNovember 2013: 114 offencesDecember 2013: 111 offencesJanuary 2014: 112 offencesFebruary 2014: 104 offencesMarch 2014: 110 offencesApril 2014: 112 offencesMay 2014: 122 offencesJune 2014: 116 offencesJuly 2014: 162 offencesAugust 2014: 115 offencesSeptember 2014: 150 offencesOctober 2014: 140 offencesNovember 2014: 124 offencesDecember 2014: 137 offencesJanuary 2015: 111 offencesFebruary 2015: 106 offencesMarch 2015: 147 offencesApril 2015: 140 offencesMay 2015: 124 offencesJune 2015: 113 offencesJuly 2015: 129 offencesAugust 2015: 114 offencesSeptember 2015: 97 offencesOctober 2015: 143 offencesNovember 2015: 121 offencesDecember 2015: 129 offencesJanuary 2016: 109 offencesFebruary 2016: 107 offencesMarch 2016: 127 offencesApril 2016: 116 offencesMay 2016: 135 offencesJune 2016: 134 offencesJuly 2016: 156 offencesAugust 2016: 155 offencesSeptember 2016: 153 offencesOctober 2016: 156 offencesNovember 2016: 188 offencesDecember 2016: 186 offencesJanuary 2017: 148 offencesFebruary 2017: 154 offencesMarch 2017: 166 offencesApril 2017: 182 offencesMay 2017: 146 offencesJune 2017: 177 offencesJuly 2017: 175 offencesAugust 2017: 190 offencesSeptember 2017: 118 offencesOctober 2017: 113 offencesNovember 2017: 118 offencesDecember 2017: 114 offencesJanuary 2018: 126 offencesFebruary 2018: 115 offencesMarch 2018: 115 offencesApril 2018: 119 offencesMay 2018: 138 offencesJune 2018: 142 offencesJuly 2018: 118 offencesAugust 2018: 130 offencesSeptember 2018: 130 offencesOctober 2018: 124 offencesNovember 2018: 144 offencesDecember 2018: 129 offencesJanuary 2019: 99 offencesFebruary 2019: 93 offencesMarch 2019: 135 offencesApril 2019: 130 offencesMay 2019: 137 offencesJune 2019: 131 offencesJuly 2019: 109 offencesAugust 2019: 148 offencesSeptember 2019: 95 offencesOctober 2019: 139 offencesNovember 2019: 115 offencesDecember 2019: 94 offencesJanuary 2020: 105 offencesFebruary 2020: 76 offencesMarch 2020: 91 offencesApril 2020: 48 offencesMay 2020: 72 offencesJune 2020: 80 offencesJuly 2020: 113 offencesAugust 2020: 95 offencesSeptember 2020: 103 offencesOctober 2020: 72 offencesNovember 2020: 92 offencesDecember 2020: 84 offencesJanuary 2021: 69 offencesFebruary 2021: 82 offencesMarch 2021: 87 offencesApril 2021: 76 offencesMay 2021: 109 offencesJune 2021: 105 offencesJuly 2021: 105 offencesAugust 2021: 117 offencesSeptember 2021: 121 offencesOctober 2021: 104 offencesNovember 2021: 112 offencesDecember 2021: 88 offencesJanuary 2022: 104 offencesFebruary 2022: 88 offencesMarch 2022: 112 offencesApril 2022: 123 offencesMay 2022: 126 offencesJune 2022: 91 offencesJuly 2022: 125 offencesAugust 2022: 132 offencesSeptember 2022: 145 offencesOctober 2022: 126 offencesNovember 2022: 140 offencesDecember 2022: 126 offencesJanuary 2023: 107 offencesFebruary 2023: 136 offencesMarch 2023: 123 offencesApril 2023: 109 offencesMay 2023: 110 offencesJune 2023: 116 offencesJuly 2023: 113 offencesAugust 2023: 101 offencesSeptember 2023: 112 offencesOctober 2023: 120 offencesNovember 2023: 127 offencesDecember 2023: 93 offencesJanuary 2024: 122 offencesFebruary 2024: 83 offencesMarch 2024: 103 offencesApril 2024: 146 offencesMay 2024: 121 offencesJune 2024: 124 offencesJuly 2024: 109 offencesAugust 2024: 104 offencesSeptember 2024: 94 offencesOctober 2024: 102 offencesNovember 2024: 107 offencesDecember 2024: 107 offencesJanuary 2025: 77 offencesFebruary 2025: 72 offencesMarch 2025: 119 offencesApril 2025: 82 offencesMay 2025: 121 offencesJune 2025: 96 offencesJuly 2025: 78 offencesAugust 2025: 102 offencesSeptember 2025: 108 offencesOctober 2025: 85 offencesNovember 2025: 109 offencesDecember 2025: 114 offencesJanuary 2026: 97 offencesFebruary 2026: 87 offencesMarch 2026: 101 offencesApril 2026: 103 offencesMay 2026: 107 offencesJune 2026: 107 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 20115,644 (partial)
June 20122,0557.52012
June 20135912.22013
June 20141400.52014
June 20152070.82015
June 20162580.92016
June 20173261.22017
June 20184701.72018
June 20194301.52019
June 20203841.42020
June 20215001.82021
June 20225281.92022
June 20235862.12023
June 20244431.62024
June 20255191.82025
June 20265061.82025

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 Sefton

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