There were approximately 530,640 shoplifting offences recorded by the police in England and Wales in 2024/25, the highest in this provided time period. Although the annual number of shoplifting offences remained quite stable before the COVID-19 pandemic, there was a slight trend of rising offences that reached a pre-pandemic peak of around 382,660 in 2017/18. The 2020/21 and 2021/20 reporting years are not directly comparable to the other reporting years due to COVID-19 lockdowns that occurred at that time. Areas with the highest shoplifting rate As of 2023/24, the shoplifting rate for England and Wales as a whole was 7.4 shoplifting offences per 1,000 population. Looking at individual police force areas, the area covered by Nottinghamshire Police Force, in the English East Midlands, had the highest shoplifting rate of 13.2, followed by Cleveland, in North East England, at 13.1. By contrast, the Dyfed-Powys Police Force Area, in Wales had the lowest shoplifting rate of just 3.9 offences per 1,000 population. Although Cleveland also had the highest overall crime rate in England and Wales, and Dyfed-Powys had one of the lowest, Nottinghamshire's crime rate was slightly below the overall average, despite having such a high shoplifting rate. Comparisons with other theft offences Shoplifting is one of the major sub-categories of theft in the jurisdiction of England and Wales. Although shoplifting offences have increased significantly recently, the number of theft offences overall has generally been falling. In 2002/03 for example, there were approximately 3.41 million incidences of theft, compared with just 1.78 million in 2023/24. This trend has been driven by declines in other types of theft, such as burglary, which fell from over 890,000 offences in 2002/03, to around 266,500 in 2023/24.

In 2023/24, the shoplifting rate in England and Wales was 7.4 shoplifting offences per 1,000 population. Among Police Force areas, Nottinghamshire, located in the English East Midlands, had the highest shoplifting rate of 13.2, followed by Cleveland in North East England, at 13.1.

In 2024, around 20 percent of people in the UK have witnessed a shoplifting. The majority people, however, had not. In the United States, small businesses are especially affected by retail thefts, with over a fifth of workers seeing thefts a few times a week.

Police recorded crime figures by Police Force Area and Community Safety Partnership areas (which equate in the majority of instances, to local authorities).

In 2024/25, there were approximately 1.78 million theft offences recorded by police forces in England and Wales, compared with just under 3.41 million in 2002/23.

Annual data from the Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW). Data include when and where incidents happened, information about offenders, the victim's perception of the incident, and who they reported the incident to.

The average for 2016 based on 74 countries was 783 thefts per 100,000 people. The highest value was in Denmark: 3949 thefts per 100,000 people and the lowest value was in Senegal: 1 thefts per 100,000 people. The indicator is available from 2003 to 2016. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

In 2024/25, there were approximately 78,800 robbery offences reported by the police in England and Wales, compared with 81,000 in the previous year. During the provided time period, the reporting year with the highest number of robberies was 2002/03, when there were around 110,270. From 2002/03 onwards, robberies in England and Wales generally declined and reached a low of just 50,150 offences in 2014/15. Robberies increased from this year onwards, however, with 2019/20 seeing the highest number of offences since 2006/07. What types of crime are increasing? Unfortunately, the rise in robbery offences seen recently has not occurred in isolation. Overall crime in England and Wales also fell for several years prior to 2014/15 before suddenly climbing upwards and reaching over 6.74 million offences in 2022/23. Violent crime and sexual offences have both increased substantially, and while overall theft has declined, shoplifting offences reached a peak of almost 444,000 in 2023/24. This crime spike has led to a focus on the police, and if they have enough manpower and resources to reverse this trend. After the number of UK police officers was cut by around 20,000 between 2010 and 2016, the number of officers in 2023 was the most since 2010. At the same time, spending on police services was cut noticeably for the period between 2013/14 and 2016/17, with these cuts also being reversed from 2017/18 onwards. Robbery and UK justice system Robbery is considered one of the most serious criminal offences in defined as both a violent crime and a property crime. The offence carries one of the longest average prisons sentences in England and Wales, at 47.7 months, or almost four years. Serious crimes such as this would typically be tried in Crown Courts, yet as of the first quarter of 2023, there is a significant backlog of cases awaiting trial. This has led to an increasingly delayed justice system, with the average time an offence reached a conclusion in crown courts reaching 676 days in 2023, or almost two years. At the back end of the justice system, prisons are struggling with capacity issues and have been operating with very little spare capacity for several months as of 2024.

The survey studied the extent, frequency and nature of self-reported offending among young people in Finland as well as their attitudes towards crime and experiences of being victims. The 2012 survey, which is the seventh of its kind, differs from the surveys of previous years in that it was expanded to include sixth-graders (pupils aged 12-13) in addition to ninth-graders (pupils aged 15-16). Questions covered truancy, vandalising school property or other property, theft, shoplifting, motor vehicle theft, burglary, online piracy, bullying, taking part in a fight, assault, robbery, possession of a weapon, alcohol use, and use of other intoxicating substances. If the respondents admitted to having done any of the acts mentioned, they were asked whether they had done it in the previous 12 months and how many times. Relating to some of the offences, the respondents were also presented with specifying questions about the last time they had committed the act, for example, whether they had acted alone, whether they had been drunk at the time, whether the act had been revenge for some previous incident, what they had stolen, and whether the motive for a violent act had been discriminatory. Ninth-graders were also asked whether the police had found out about the offences committed. The respondents were also asked whether they had been a victim of vandalism, violent robbery, theft, bullying, threats of violence, assault, discriminatory harassment or violence, parental corporal punishment, or cyberbullying and cyberthreats. If the respondents had been a victim of any of the acts, they were asked whether they had experienced it in the previous 12 months and how many times. Relating to some of the experiences, the respondents were also presented with specifying questions about the last time they had been a victim of the crime, for instance, whether the perpetrator had been male or female, how old the perpetrator had been, what his/her ethnicity had been, whether the respondent had sustained injuries, and what had been stolen. Relating to experiences of violence, the respondents were further presented with a list of people (e.g. friend, mother, father, unknown adult, teacher, coach/instructor) and asked whether any of them had physically assaulted them (hit, kicked, or used a weapon). Family and circumstances at home were surveyed with questions about the extent to which parents supported and were interested in the respondent's life. Relating to leisure time, questions probed how often the respondents were away from home in the evenings, visited parties, spent long periods of time online, watched violent films etc. Questions on neighbourhood and school investigated the prevalence of graffitis, vandalism and alcohol/drug abuse in the neighbourhood, and the prevalence of vandalism and disruptive behaviour at school. The respondents were also asked whether their friends had used cannabis, shoplifted or been in a fight in a public place. A number of items from the Big Five Inventory (John et al.) were presented and the respondents were requested to indicate to what extent they thought the characteristics applied to them (e.g. "I am talkative", "I tend to be lazy"). Additionally, the respondents were asked to what extent they agreed with statements relating to their propensity to take risks, tendency to think ahead and to be considerate of others (e.g. "Sometimes I take a risk just for the fun of it", "If people get upset over something I do, that's their problem, not mine"). Finally, the respondents were asked the future probability of them shoplifting or being in a fight, insecurity experienced in certain places, acceptability of certain acts for young people (e.g. lying, online piracy, shoplifting), and to what extent they agreed with statements relating to breaking the law (e.g. "It is acceptable to take revenge on a person who hurts/insults a friend of mine"). Respondents on the ninth grade were asked additional questions. Questions charted sleep problems as well as whether the respondents felt certain descriptions (found in the Antisocial Process Screening Device-Self-Report, Frick et al.) applied to them (e.g. "I blame others for my mistakes", "I keep same friends"). The background variables included, among others, the respondent's sex, age, country of birth, school performance (maths, Finnish, English), and household composition as well as years lived in the municipality of residence, attendance in remedial education during the school year, language spoken at home, parents' economic activity, perceived financial circumstances of family, and whether R had ever had to repeat a grade. Ninth-graders were also asked their dating status and plans after basic education.

This dataset contains on street crimes provided by the Police via their API (https://data.police.uk/docs/). The data is clipped to the London Borough of Camden boundary, and can contain up to fifteen types of street crime including bicycle theft, shoplifting and criminal damage. The London Borough of Camden does not maintain the content of this dataset.

SUMMARYSummary of crime incidents at each reported location in the 18 months between July 2019 – December 2020.The total number of crimes reported at each location is given, as are the number of crimes within each of the following categories:- Anti-social behaviour- Bike theft- Burglary- Criminal damage or arson- Drugs- Other crime- Other theft- Possession of weapons- Public order- Robbery- Shoplifting- Theft from the person- Vehicle crime- Violence and sexual offencesThe raw data, which includes more information than is provided in this version of the dataset, can be accessed here.DATA SOURCE© Data.Police.UK. 2021. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data edited for publishing by Ribble Rivers Trust.COPYRIGHT NOTICE© Data.Police.UK. 2021. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data edited for publishing by Ribble Rivers Trust.CaBA HEALTH & WELLBEING EVIDENCE BASEThis dataset forms part of the wider CaBA Health and Wellbeing Evidence Base.

There were approximately 1.94 million violence against the person crime offences recorded by the police in England and Wales in 2024/25, compared with almost 2.01 million offences in the previous reporting year. The number of recorded violent crime offences in England and Wales has increased considerably in the last decade, with only around 600,000 violent crimes recorded in 2013/14. Other types of crime climbing After falling to relatively low levels in the mid-2010s, overall crime in England and Wales has been increasing at a substantial rate. From 62 crimes per 1,000 people in 2013/14, the crime rate shot up to a peak of 93.5 by 2022/23. The sharp uptick in the number of sexual offences recorded by the police accounts for part of this rise, with the number of sexual offences increasing from just over 64,000 in 2013/14 to almost 195,000 in 2022/23. While overall theft crime has gradually fallen in a similar time period, there has been a recent spike in shoplifting offences, with almost 444,000 incidents recorded in 2023/24, compared with 342,200 in 2022/23. Prisons under pressure The increase in violent and sexual crime offences, which typically result in longer sentences for offenders, has added to the problem of overcrowding at prisons in England and Wales. With prisons dangerously close to capacity in 2024, the government even released thousands of prisoners early that September. Prisons in England and Wales are also increasingly violent, for both staff and inmates, with assaults on staff reaching a high of over 2,700 incidents in the third quarter of 2024. Incidences of self-harm have also increased rapidly, from around 5,700 in early 2014 to almost 20,000 ten years later.

With a crime rate of 122.1 per 1,000 population, Cleveland, in North East England, had the highest crime rate of all the police force areas in England and Wales in 2024/25. High crime rates are evident in other areas of northern England, such as West Yorkshire and Greater Manchester at 114.5 and 108.2, respectively. In the English capital, London, the crime rate was 105.5 per 1,000 people. The lowest crime rate in England was in the relatively rural areas of Wiltshire in South West England, as well as North Yorkshire. Overall crime in England and Wales The number of crimes in England and Wales reached approximately 6.74 million in 2022/23, falling slightly to 6.66 million in 2023/24. Overall crime has been rising steadily across England and Wales for almost a decade, even when adjusted for population rises. In 2022/23, for example, the crime rate in England and Wales was 93.6, the highest since 2006/07. When compared with the rest of the United Kingdom, England and Wales is something of an outlier, as crime rates for Scotland and Northern Ireland have not followed the same trajectory of rising crime. Additionally, there has been a sharp increase in violent crimes and sexual offences since the mid-2010s in England and Wales. While theft offences have generally been falling, the number of shoplifting offences reached a peak of 440,000 in 2023/24. Troubled justice system under pressure Alongside rising crime figures, many indicators also signal that the justice system is getting pushed to breaking point. The percentage of crimes that are solved in England and Wales was just 5.7 percent in 2023, with sexual offences having a clearance rate of just 3.6 percent. Crimes are also taking far longer than usual to pass through the justice system. In 2023, it took an average of 676 days for a crown court case to reach a conclusion from the time of the offence. This is most likely related to the large backlog of cases in crown courts, which reached over 62,200 in 2023. Furthermore, prisons in England and Wales are dangerously overcrowded, with just 1,458 spare prison places available as of June 2024.

Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner. The study aimed to provide an estimate of the extent, frequency and nature of self-reported offending among 14-25 year olds in England and Wales, to establish the reasons why some young people start to offend, and what influences those young offenders who desist from offending to sustain a non-criminal lifestyle. Further details about the YLS and links to reports may be found on the Home Office Youth Lifestyles Survey web page. Main Topics: A national random sample of 1,721 young people aged 14 to 25 (plus a booster sample of 809 young people from ethnic minorities) were interviewed about their background, their family life, their school experiences and aspects of their current lifestyle. Respondents were asked to admit whether they had ever committed one of a list of 23 criminal offences or used controlled drugs. Those who had ever committed at least one offence were asked at what age they committed each type of offence for the first time and whether they had also committed an offence within twelve months previous to the interview. Standard measures Likert scaling devices and Registrar General's Classification of Occupation. Random sample selected in clusters using the Postal Address File (PAF) Face-to-face interview 1992 1993 ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT ADOLESCENTS ADULTS ADVICE AGE AGGRESSIVENESS ALCOHOL USE ALCOHOLIC DRINKS ALCOHOLISM AMPHETAMINES ARSON ASSAULT ATTITUDES BANK ACCOUNTS BICYCLES BOREDOM BROKEN FAMILIES BUILDING MAINTENANCE BURGLARY CANNABIS CARS CHILD CARE CHILD MINDING CHILDREN COCAINE COMMUNITIES COURTS CREDIT CARD USE CRIME AND SECURITY CRIMINAL DAMAGE Crime and law enfor... DEBTS DEPRESSED AREAS DISORDERLY CONDUCT DOMESTIC RESPONSIBI... DOMESTIC VIOLENCE DRINKING OFFENCES DRUG ABUSE DRUG TRAFFICKING DRUG USE ECONOMIC ACTIVITY ECSTASY DRUG EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND EDUCATIONAL EXPECTA... EDUCATIONAL GRANTS EDUCATIONAL GUIDANCE EDUCATIONAL PERSONNEL EMPLOYEES EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT HISTORY EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUN... EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMMES ENGLISH LANGUAGE ETHNIC GROUPS EXPECTATION EXPENDITURE England and Wales FAMILIES FAMILY COHESION FAMILY ENVIRONMENT FAMILY LIFE FAMILY SIZE FATHER S ECONOMIC A... FATHER S EDUCATIONA... FATHER S OCCUPATION FATHERS FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOOD FRAUD FRIENDS FULL TIME EMPLOYMENT FURTHER EDUCATION GENDER GROUPS HEADS OF HOUSEHOLD HEROIN HIGHER EDUCATION HOME OWNERSHIP HOSTILITY HOURS OF WORK HOUSEHOLD BUDGETS HOUSEHOLDS HOUSING CONDITIONS HOUSING FINANCE HOUSING TENURE IDENTITY INCOME INDUSTRIES INJURIES INSURANCE CLAIMS INTERPERSONAL RELAT... JOB DESCRIPTION JUDGMENTS LAW LANDLORDS LANGUAGES LEAVING HOME YOUTH LEGAL DECISIONS LEISURE TIME LEISURE TIME ACTIVI... LIFE STYLES LSD DRUG MANAGERS MARITAL STATUS MEALS MONEY MOTHER S OCCUPATION MOTHERS MOTOR VEHICLES MOTORCYCLES OCCUPATIONAL QUALIF... OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY OCCUPATIONAL STATUS OCCUPATIONAL TRAINING OFFENCES PARENT CHILD RELATI... PARENTS PART TIME COURSES PART TIME EMPLOYMENT PERSONAL APPEARANCE POLICE CORRUPTION POLICE SERVICES POLICING POVERTY PROFESSIONAL PERSONNEL QUALIFICATIONS RECREATIONAL FACILI... RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION RENTED ACCOMMODATION RESIDENTIAL MOBILITY ROBBERY SCHOOL LEAVING AGE SCHOOL PUNISHMENTS SCHOOLS FOR THE DIS... SECONDARY SCHOOLS SECURITY SYSTEMS SELF EMPLOYED SHOPLIFTING SIBLINGS SMOKING SOCIAL ACTIVITIES L... SOCIAL HOUSING SOCIAL SECURITY BEN... SOCIAL SUPPORT SOCIO ECONOMIC STATUS SOLVENT ABUSE SPOUSES STANDARD OF LIVING STUDENTS STUDENTS COLLEGE STUDY SUBSIDIARY EMPLOYMENT SUPERVISORS TERMINATION OF SERVICE THEFT TIME TRAFFIC OFFENCES TRANQUILLIZERS TRAVEL TRUANCY UNEMPLOYED UNEMPLOYMENT WEAPONS WORK ATTITUDE YOUNG OFFENDERS YOUTH YOUTH ACTIVITIES YOUTH COURTS YOUTH CRIME Youth

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