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Shoplifting in Sheffield

12 months to June 2026

10.9per 1,000 residents

Police recorded 6,312 shoplifting offences in Sheffield in the 12 months to June 2026, down 5.7% (379) on the previous 12 months. That is 10.9 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, 579,517

Monthly, September 2011 to June 2026

Monthly recorded offences: September 2011 to June 2026CoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour0200400600201520202025September 2011: 321 offencesOctober 2011: 336 offencesNovember 2011: 356 offencesDecember 2011: 394 offencesJanuary 2012: 331 offencesFebruary 2012: 379 offencesMarch 2012: 439 offencesApril 2012: 382 offencesMay 2012: 330 offencesJune 2012: 348 offencesJuly 2012: 316 offencesAugust 2012: 330 offencesSeptember 2012: 336 offencesOctober 2012: 350 offencesNovember 2012: 297 offencesDecember 2012: 387 offencesJanuary 2013: 352 offencesFebruary 2013: 361 offencesMarch 2013: 336 offencesApril 2013: 325 offencesMay 2013: 360 offencesJune 2013: 344 offencesJuly 2013: 345 offencesAugust 2013: 378 offencesSeptember 2013: 348 offencesOctober 2013: 320 offencesNovember 2013: 325 offencesDecember 2013: 334 offencesJanuary 2014: 334 offencesFebruary 2014: 383 offencesMarch 2014: 450 offencesApril 2014: 354 offencesMay 2014: 364 offencesJune 2014: 381 offencesJuly 2014: 320 offencesAugust 2014: 354 offencesSeptember 2014: 341 offencesOctober 2014: 334 offencesNovember 2014: 342 offencesDecember 2014: 287 offencesJanuary 2015: 363 offencesFebruary 2015: 378 offencesMarch 2015: 417 offencesApril 2015: 377 offencesMay 2015: 438 offencesJune 2015: 356 offencesJuly 2015: 344 offencesAugust 2015: 343 offencesSeptember 2015: 321 offencesOctober 2015: 361 offencesNovember 2015: 288 offencesDecember 2015: 332 offencesJanuary 2016: 359 offencesFebruary 2016: 373 offencesMarch 2016: 381 offencesApril 2016: 339 offencesMay 2016: 380 offencesJune 2016: 378 offencesJuly 2016: 431 offencesAugust 2016: 369 offencesSeptember 2016: 357 offencesOctober 2016: 353 offencesNovember 2016: 380 offencesDecember 2016: 436 offencesJanuary 2017: 390 offencesFebruary 2017: 397 offencesMarch 2017: 382 offencesApril 2017: 431 offencesMay 2017: 394 offencesJune 2017: 389 offencesJuly 2017: 405 offencesAugust 2017: 431 offencesSeptember 2017: 357 offencesOctober 2017: 345 offencesNovember 2017: 395 offencesDecember 2017: 295 offencesJanuary 2018: 218 offencesFebruary 2018: 342 offencesMarch 2018: 394 offencesApril 2018: 375 offencesMay 2018: 295 offencesJune 2018: 297 offencesJuly 2018: 275 offencesAugust 2018: 320 offencesSeptember 2018: 239 offencesOctober 2018: 303 offencesNovember 2018: 321 offencesDecember 2018: 270 offencesJanuary 2019: 355 offencesFebruary 2019: 323 offencesMarch 2019: 310 offencesApril 2019: 372 offencesMay 2019: 337 offencesJune 2019: 302 offencesJuly 2019: 348 offencesAugust 2019: 332 offencesSeptember 2019: 322 offencesOctober 2019: 396 offencesNovember 2019: 312 offencesDecember 2019: 334 offencesJanuary 2020: 391 offencesFebruary 2020: 400 offencesMarch 2020: 295 offencesApril 2020: 153 offencesMay 2020: 196 offencesJune 2020: 191 offencesJuly 2020: 267 offencesAugust 2020: 269 offencesSeptember 2020: 288 offencesOctober 2020: 299 offencesNovember 2020: 240 offencesDecember 2020: 190 offencesJanuary 2021: 174 offencesFebruary 2021: 161 offencesMarch 2021: 225 offencesApril 2021: 240 offencesMay 2021: 250 offencesJune 2021: 252 offencesJuly 2021: 271 offencesAugust 2021: 292 offencesSeptember 2021: 281 offencesOctober 2021: 266 offencesNovember 2021: 315 offencesDecember 2021: 252 offencesJanuary 2022: 285 offencesFebruary 2022: 306 offencesMarch 2022: 345 offencesApril 2022: 339 offencesMay 2022: 310 offencesJune 2022: 313 offencesJuly 2022: 316 offencesAugust 2022: 361 offencesSeptember 2022: 331 offencesOctober 2022: 344 offencesNovember 2022: 283 offencesDecember 2022: 363 offencesJanuary 2023: 415 offencesFebruary 2023: 408 offencesMarch 2023: 429 offencesApril 2023: 566 offencesMay 2023: 436 offencesJune 2023: 446 offencesJuly 2023: 478 offencesAugust 2023: 406 offencesSeptember 2023: 395 offencesOctober 2023: 541 offencesNovember 2023: 500 offencesDecember 2023: 489 offencesJanuary 2024: 573 offencesFebruary 2024: 507 offencesMarch 2024: 579 offencesApril 2024: 586 offencesMay 2024: 491 offencesJune 2024: 669 offencesJuly 2024: 573 offencesAugust 2024: 569 offencesSeptember 2024: 627 offencesOctober 2024: 586 offencesNovember 2024: 629 offencesDecember 2024: 457 offencesJanuary 2025: 453 offencesFebruary 2025: 607 offencesMarch 2025: 659 offencesApril 2025: 558 offencesMay 2025: 494 offencesJune 2025: 479 offencesJuly 2025: 517 offencesAugust 2025: 494 offencesSeptember 2025: 529 offencesOctober 2025: 510 offencesNovember 2025: 470 offencesDecember 2025: 478 offencesJanuary 2026: 461 offencesFebruary 2026: 518 offencesMarch 2026: 565 offencesApril 2026: 537 offencesMay 2026: 645 offencesJune 2026: 588 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 Sheffield

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