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ONS · 5 July 2024 – present

Theft offences (police-recorded) during the Labour 2024– government

Year ending March 2024 → Year ending March 2026 · 2 periods

↓ 8.0%−142,536 offences

Theft offences (police-recorded) fell by 8.0% over the period, from 1,780,309 offences (Year ending March 2024, the level when the government took office) to 1,637,773 (Year ending March 2026, the latest available).

  1. Inherited level Year ending March 2024: 1,780,309
  2. Latest Year ending March 2026: 1,637,773
  3. method: latest complete period before start / before end

Changes during this period do not by themselves show what the government caused. Statistics reflect many influences, including earlier decisions, the economy and how the data is collected.

Theft offences (police-recorded): Year ending March 2003 to Year ending March 2026LabourLabourLabourLabourCoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabour01m2m3m20052010201520202025Year ending March 2003: 3,413,319 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2004: 3,249,647 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2005: 2,837,862 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2006: 2,739,231 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2007: 2,638,784 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2008: 2,422,728 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2009: 2,321,580 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2010: 2,132,620 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2011: 2,107,446 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2012: 2,074,779 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2013: 1,900,944 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2014: 1,845,169 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2015: 1,750,607 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2016: 1,762,925 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2017: 1,881,317 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2018: 2,012,500 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2019: 2,013,578 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2020: 1,928,317 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2021: 1,301,397 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2022: 1,496,470 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2023: 1,722,498 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2024: 1,780,309 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2025: 1,777,619 offences · published 23 July 2026Year ending March 2026: 1,637,773 offences · published 23 July 2026
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Definition and caveats

Police-recorded theft offences in England and Wales in a 12-month period, including burglary, vehicle offences, shoplifting and theft from the person.

Doesn’t measure: Theft not reported to the police, robbery, or fraud.