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Shoplifting in Wolverhampton

12 months to June 2026

11.8per 1,000 residents

Police recorded 3,310 shoplifting offences in Wolverhampton in the 12 months to June 2026, down 2.0% (69) on the previous 12 months. That is 11.8 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, 281,434

Monthly, September 2011 to June 2026

Monthly recorded offences: September 2011 to June 2026CoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour0100200300201520202025September 2011: 133 offencesOctober 2011: 162 offencesNovember 2011: 153 offencesDecember 2011: 146 offencesJanuary 2012: 109 offencesFebruary 2012: 106 offencesMarch 2012: 132 offencesApril 2012: 135 offencesMay 2012: 109 offencesJune 2012: 131 offencesJuly 2012: 145 offencesAugust 2012: 175 offencesSeptember 2012: 121 offencesOctober 2012: 136 offencesNovember 2012: 156 offencesDecember 2012: 135 offencesJanuary 2013: 135 offencesFebruary 2013: 158 offencesMarch 2013: 171 offencesApril 2013: 137 offencesMay 2013: 143 offencesJune 2013: 164 offencesJuly 2013: 152 offencesAugust 2013: 167 offencesSeptember 2013: 169 offencesOctober 2013: 176 offencesNovember 2013: 147 offencesDecember 2013: 143 offencesJanuary 2014: 132 offencesFebruary 2014: 139 offencesMarch 2014: 158 offencesApril 2014: 155 offencesMay 2014: 181 offencesJune 2014: 164 offencesJuly 2014: 184 offencesAugust 2014: 180 offencesSeptember 2014: 181 offencesOctober 2014: 143 offencesNovember 2014: 146 offencesDecember 2014: 122 offencesJanuary 2015: 157 offencesFebruary 2015: 133 offencesMarch 2015: 176 offencesApril 2015: 160 offencesMay 2015: 162 offencesJune 2015: 141 offencesJuly 2015: 149 offencesAugust 2015: 171 offencesSeptember 2015: 134 offencesOctober 2015: 182 offencesNovember 2015: 156 offencesDecember 2015: 175 offencesJanuary 2016: 152 offencesFebruary 2016: 200 offencesMarch 2016: 227 offencesApril 2016: 172 offencesMay 2016: 203 offencesJune 2016: 197 offencesJuly 2016: 189 offencesAugust 2016: 189 offencesSeptember 2016: 194 offencesOctober 2016: 229 offencesNovember 2016: 172 offencesDecember 2016: 196 offencesJanuary 2017: 172 offencesFebruary 2017: 161 offencesMarch 2017: 205 offencesApril 2017: 167 offencesMay 2017: 219 offencesJune 2017: 190 offencesJuly 2017: 185 offencesAugust 2017: 183 offencesSeptember 2017: 179 offencesOctober 2017: 210 offencesNovember 2017: 239 offencesDecember 2017: 160 offencesJanuary 2018: 192 offencesFebruary 2018: 148 offencesMarch 2018: 186 offencesApril 2018: 190 offencesMay 2018: 158 offencesJune 2018: 196 offencesJuly 2018: 178 offencesAugust 2018: 167 offencesSeptember 2018: 143 offencesOctober 2018: 169 offencesNovember 2018: 181 offencesDecember 2018: 160 offencesJanuary 2019: 147 offencesFebruary 2019: 166 offencesMarch 2019: 183 offencesApril 2019: 177 offencesMay 2019: 162 offencesJune 2019: 147 offencesJuly 2019: 130 offencesAugust 2019: 125 offencesSeptember 2019: 139 offencesOctober 2019: 178 offencesNovember 2019: 108 offencesDecember 2019: 106 offencesJanuary 2020: 122 offencesFebruary 2020: 136 offencesMarch 2020: 116 offencesApril 2020: 66 offencesMay 2020: 71 offencesJune 2020: 81 offencesJuly 2020: 88 offencesAugust 2020: 99 offencesSeptember 2020: 134 offencesOctober 2020: 145 offencesNovember 2020: 108 offencesDecember 2020: 117 offencesJanuary 2021: 78 offencesFebruary 2021: 87 offencesMarch 2021: 89 offencesApril 2021: 105 offencesMay 2021: 112 offencesJune 2021: 116 offencesJuly 2021: 148 offencesAugust 2021: 143 offencesSeptember 2021: 107 offencesOctober 2021: 113 offencesNovember 2021: 134 offencesDecember 2021: 126 offencesJanuary 2022: 115 offencesFebruary 2022: 121 offencesMarch 2022: 141 offencesApril 2022: 180 offencesMay 2022: 200 offencesJune 2022: 141 offencesJuly 2022: 114 offencesAugust 2022: 124 offencesSeptember 2022: 123 offencesOctober 2022: 157 offencesNovember 2022: 143 offencesDecember 2022: 124 offencesJanuary 2023: 164 offencesFebruary 2023: 190 offencesMarch 2023: 246 offencesApril 2023: 183 offencesMay 2023: 181 offencesJune 2023: 223 offencesJuly 2023: 240 offencesAugust 2023: 273 offencesSeptember 2023: 214 offencesOctober 2023: 253 offencesNovember 2023: 241 offencesDecember 2023: 228 offencesJanuary 2024: 360 offencesFebruary 2024: 194 offencesMarch 2024: 247 offencesApril 2024: 204 offencesMay 2024: 204 offencesJune 2024: 268 offencesJuly 2024: 359 offencesAugust 2024: 289 offencesSeptember 2024: 304 offencesOctober 2024: 347 offencesNovember 2024: 303 offencesDecember 2024: 191 offencesJanuary 2025: 205 offencesFebruary 2025: 224 offencesMarch 2025: 274 offencesApril 2025: 287 offencesMay 2025: 338 offencesJune 2025: 258 offencesJuly 2025: 288 offencesAugust 2025: 278 offencesSeptember 2025: 265 offencesOctober 2025: 296 offencesNovember 2025: 348 offencesDecember 2025: 272 offencesJanuary 2026: 246 offencesFebruary 2026: 221 offencesMarch 2026: 268 offencesApril 2026: 253 offencesMay 2026: 269 offencesJune 2026: 306 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 Wolverhampton

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