Shoplifting offences in England and Wales 2002-2022

In England and Wales there were approximately 274,999 shoplifting offences recorded by the police in 2021/22. Between 2002/03 and the most recent reporting year the year with the highest number of shoplifting incidents was 2017/18, when there were 382,650.

Overall crimes reach over 5.5 million

In recent years the crime figures for England and Wales have been steadily increasing to figures not seen in over ten years.

Regional crime rate

For England and Wales as a whole, the overall crime rate was 94 offences per thousand population, with four regions having a higher crime rate than this. Yorkshire and Humber had the worst crime rate in the country at 100.9, followed by North East at 99.5, and London just slightly above the national average at 94.9 in 2019/20.