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Shoplifting in Southend-on-Sea

12 months to June 2026

11.5per 1,000 residents

Police recorded 2,137 shoplifting offences in Southend-on-Sea in the 12 months to June 2026, up 26.7% (451) on the previous 12 months. That is 11.5 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, 185,214

Monthly, September 2011 to June 2026

Monthly recorded offences: September 2011 to June 2026CoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour0100200201520202025September 2011: 70 offencesOctober 2011: 73 offencesNovember 2011: 89 offencesDecember 2011: 63 offencesJanuary 2012: 74 offencesFebruary 2012: 89 offencesMarch 2012: 101 offencesApril 2012: 82 offencesMay 2012: 71 offencesJune 2012: 111 offencesJuly 2012: 116 offencesAugust 2012: 88 offencesSeptember 2012: 69 offencesOctober 2012: 89 offencesNovember 2012: 97 offencesDecember 2012: 76 offencesJanuary 2013: 105 offencesFebruary 2013: 110 offencesMarch 2013: 113 offencesApril 2013: 117 offencesMay 2013: 92 offencesJune 2013: 117 offencesJuly 2013: 93 offencesAugust 2013: 100 offencesSeptember 2013: 113 offencesOctober 2013: 117 offencesNovember 2013: 112 offencesDecember 2013: 94 offencesJanuary 2014: 118 offencesFebruary 2014: 108 offencesMarch 2014: 97 offencesApril 2014: 97 offencesMay 2014: 101 offencesJune 2014: 90 offencesJuly 2014: 115 offencesAugust 2014: 87 offencesSeptember 2014: 100 offencesOctober 2014: 102 offencesNovember 2014: 80 offencesDecember 2014: 73 offencesJanuary 2015: 85 offencesFebruary 2015: 91 offencesMarch 2015: 97 offencesApril 2015: 101 offencesMay 2015: 98 offencesJune 2015: 83 offencesJuly 2015: 107 offencesAugust 2015: 111 offencesSeptember 2015: 111 offencesOctober 2015: 104 offencesNovember 2015: 103 offencesDecember 2015: 76 offencesJanuary 2016: 111 offencesFebruary 2016: 101 offencesMarch 2016: 94 offencesApril 2016: 126 offencesMay 2016: 103 offencesJune 2016: 126 offencesJuly 2016: 137 offencesAugust 2016: 157 offencesSeptember 2016: 141 offencesOctober 2016: 99 offencesNovember 2016: 104 offencesDecember 2016: 87 offencesJanuary 2017: 74 offencesFebruary 2017: 72 offencesMarch 2017: 95 offencesApril 2017: 97 offencesMay 2017: 72 offencesJune 2017: 73 offencesJuly 2017: 66 offencesAugust 2017: 85 offencesSeptember 2017: 62 offencesOctober 2017: 79 offencesNovember 2017: 83 offencesDecember 2017: 78 offencesJanuary 2018: 92 offencesFebruary 2018: 94 offencesMarch 2018: 112 offencesApril 2018: 91 offencesMay 2018: 131 offencesJune 2018: 137 offencesJuly 2018: 109 offencesAugust 2018: 97 offencesSeptember 2018: 79 offencesOctober 2018: 96 offencesNovember 2018: 93 offencesDecember 2018: 89 offencesJanuary 2019: 112 offencesFebruary 2019: 109 offencesMarch 2019: 97 offencesApril 2019: 91 offencesMay 2019: 71 offencesJune 2019: 79 offencesJuly 2019: 90 offencesAugust 2019: 77 offencesSeptember 2019: 68 offencesOctober 2019: 66 offencesNovember 2019: 117 offencesDecember 2019: 74 offencesJanuary 2020: 76 offencesFebruary 2020: 71 offencesMarch 2020: 65 offencesApril 2020: 36 offencesMay 2020: 31 offencesJune 2020: 28 offencesJuly 2020: 83 offencesAugust 2020: 64 offencesSeptember 2020: 44 offencesOctober 2020: 51 offencesNovember 2020: 68 offencesDecember 2020: 45 offencesJanuary 2021: 47 offencesFebruary 2021: 54 offencesMarch 2021: 47 offencesApril 2021: 52 offencesMay 2021: 67 offencesJune 2021: 70 offencesJuly 2021: 97 offencesAugust 2021: 90 offencesSeptember 2021: 63 offencesOctober 2021: 76 offencesNovember 2021: 79 offencesDecember 2021: 61 offencesJanuary 2022: 72 offencesFebruary 2022: 44 offencesMarch 2022: 66 offencesApril 2022: 74 offencesMay 2022: 106 offencesJune 2022: 85 offencesJuly 2022: 120 offencesAugust 2022: 108 offencesSeptember 2022: 131 offencesOctober 2022: 72 offencesNovember 2022: 78 offencesDecember 2022: 87 offencesJanuary 2023: 123 offencesFebruary 2023: 103 offencesMarch 2023: 101 offencesApril 2023: 76 offencesMay 2023: 111 offencesJune 2023: 101 offencesJuly 2023: 123 offencesAugust 2023: 135 offencesSeptember 2023: 97 offencesOctober 2023: 144 offencesNovember 2023: 118 offencesDecember 2023: 105 offencesJanuary 2024: 138 offencesFebruary 2024: 108 offencesMarch 2024: 149 offencesApril 2024: 117 offencesMay 2024: 138 offencesJune 2024: 107 offencesJuly 2024: 168 offencesAugust 2024: 178 offencesSeptember 2024: 84 offencesOctober 2024: 134 offencesNovember 2024: 139 offencesDecember 2024: 94 offencesJanuary 2025: 95 offencesFebruary 2025: 90 offencesMarch 2025: 144 offencesApril 2025: 182 offencesMay 2025: 155 offencesJune 2025: 223 offencesJuly 2025: 256 offencesAugust 2025: 268 offencesSeptember 2025: 159 offencesOctober 2025: 131 offencesNovember 2025: 175 offencesDecember 2025: 141 offencesJanuary 2026: 130 offencesFebruary 2026: 191 offencesMarch 2026: 167 offencesApril 2026: 167 offencesMay 2026: 195 offencesJune 2026: 157 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 Southend-on-Sea

Every local authority ranked by shoplifting rate · All recorded crime in Southend-on-Sea