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Shoplifting in Wiltshire

12 months to June 2026

4.1per 1,000 residents

Police recorded 2,159 shoplifting offences in Wiltshire in the 12 months to June 2026, up 0.1% (2) on the previous 12 months. That is 4.1 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, 526,392

Monthly, September 2011 to June 2026

Monthly recorded offences: September 2011 to June 2026CoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour0100200201520202025September 2011: 130 offencesOctober 2011: 147 offencesNovember 2011: 171 offencesDecember 2011: 163 offencesJanuary 2012: 123 offencesFebruary 2012: 130 offencesMarch 2012: 172 offencesApril 2012: 145 offencesMay 2012: 146 offencesJune 2012: 140 offencesJuly 2012: 136 offencesAugust 2012: 167 offencesSeptember 2012: 162 offencesOctober 2012: 140 offencesNovember 2012: 137 offencesDecember 2012: 133 offencesJanuary 2013: 137 offencesFebruary 2013: 144 offencesMarch 2013: 137 offencesApril 2013: 166 offencesMay 2013: 127 offencesJune 2013: 146 offencesJuly 2013: 169 offencesAugust 2013: 147 offencesSeptember 2013: 116 offencesOctober 2013: 154 offencesNovember 2013: 162 offencesDecember 2013: 120 offencesJanuary 2014: 133 offencesFebruary 2014: 129 offencesMarch 2014: 143 offencesApril 2014: 143 offencesMay 2014: 143 offencesJune 2014: 137 offencesJuly 2014: 135 offencesAugust 2014: 142 offencesSeptember 2014: 129 offencesOctober 2014: 135 offencesNovember 2014: 192 offencesDecember 2014: 122 offencesJanuary 2015: 131 offencesFebruary 2015: 123 offencesMarch 2015: 186 offencesApril 2015: 176 offencesMay 2015: 164 offencesJune 2015: 177 offencesJuly 2015: 151 offencesAugust 2015: 150 offencesSeptember 2015: 164 offencesOctober 2015: 177 offencesNovember 2015: 129 offencesDecember 2015: 127 offencesJanuary 2016: 148 offencesFebruary 2016: 116 offencesMarch 2016: 141 offencesApril 2016: 158 offencesMay 2016: 134 offencesJune 2016: 118 offencesJuly 2016: 145 offencesAugust 2016: 183 offencesSeptember 2016: 146 offencesOctober 2016: 147 offencesNovember 2016: 149 offencesDecember 2016: 133 offencesJanuary 2017: 118 offencesFebruary 2017: 141 offencesMarch 2017: 148 offencesApril 2017: 145 offencesMay 2017: 151 offencesJune 2017: 194 offencesJuly 2017: 212 offencesAugust 2017: 175 offencesSeptember 2017: 180 offencesOctober 2017: 193 offencesNovember 2017: 181 offencesDecember 2017: 148 offencesJanuary 2018: 172 offencesFebruary 2018: 199 offencesMarch 2018: 177 offencesApril 2018: 167 offencesMay 2018: 178 offencesJune 2018: 190 offencesJuly 2018: 211 offencesAugust 2018: 192 offencesSeptember 2018: 187 offencesOctober 2018: 164 offencesNovember 2018: 203 offencesDecember 2018: 148 offencesJanuary 2019: 199 offencesFebruary 2019: 218 offencesMarch 2019: 217 offencesApril 2019: 181 offencesMay 2019: 224 offencesJune 2019: 167 offencesJuly 2019: 243 offencesAugust 2019: 199 offencesSeptember 2019: 182 offencesOctober 2019: 199 offencesNovember 2019: 225 offencesDecember 2019: 134 offencesJanuary 2020: 167 offencesFebruary 2020: 145 offencesMarch 2020: 107 offencesApril 2020: 87 offencesMay 2020: 65 offencesJune 2020: 96 offencesJuly 2020: 89 offencesAugust 2020: 130 offencesSeptember 2020: 119 offencesOctober 2020: 112 offencesNovember 2020: 115 offencesDecember 2020: 105 offencesJanuary 2021: 90 offencesFebruary 2021: 85 offencesMarch 2021: 130 offencesApril 2021: 103 offencesMay 2021: 122 offencesJune 2021: 93 offencesJuly 2021: 96 offencesAugust 2021: 121 offencesSeptember 2021: 129 offencesOctober 2021: 146 offencesNovember 2021: 146 offencesDecember 2021: 122 offencesJanuary 2022: 145 offencesFebruary 2022: 162 offencesMarch 2022: 133 offencesApril 2022: 125 offencesMay 2022: 149 offencesJune 2022: 122 offencesJuly 2022: 145 offencesAugust 2022: 133 offencesSeptember 2022: 129 offencesOctober 2022: 167 offencesNovember 2022: 172 offencesDecember 2022: 117 offencesJanuary 2023: 175 offencesFebruary 2023: 170 offencesMarch 2023: 183 offencesApril 2023: 187 offencesMay 2023: 192 offencesJune 2023: 147 offencesJuly 2023: 207 offencesAugust 2023: 186 offencesSeptember 2023: 162 offencesOctober 2023: 153 offencesNovember 2023: 184 offencesDecember 2023: 146 offencesJanuary 2024: 170 offencesFebruary 2024: 169 offencesMarch 2024: 168 offencesApril 2024: 209 offencesMay 2024: 143 offencesJune 2024: 166 offencesJuly 2024: 194 offencesAugust 2024: 173 offencesSeptember 2024: 196 offencesOctober 2024: 208 offencesNovember 2024: 196 offencesDecember 2024: 146 offencesJanuary 2025: 167 offencesFebruary 2025: 181 offencesMarch 2025: 189 offencesApril 2025: 173 offencesMay 2025: 172 offencesJune 2025: 162 offencesJuly 2025: 200 offencesAugust 2025: 191 offencesSeptember 2025: 171 offencesOctober 2025: 184 offencesNovember 2025: 200 offencesDecember 2025: 170 offencesJanuary 2026: 157 offencesFebruary 2026: 153 offencesMarch 2026: 190 offencesApril 2026: 171 offencesMay 2026: 191 offencesJune 2026: 181 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 Wiltshire

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