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Shoplifting in Basildon

12 months to June 2026

8.0per 1,000 residents

Police recorded 1,539 shoplifting offences in Basildon in the 12 months to June 2026, up 9.7% (136) on the previous 12 months. That is 8.0 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, 193,489

Monthly, September 2011 to June 2026

Monthly recorded offences: September 2011 to June 2026CoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour050100150201520202025September 2011: 110 offencesOctober 2011: 108 offencesNovember 2011: 130 offencesDecember 2011: 109 offencesJanuary 2012: 108 offencesFebruary 2012: 91 offencesMarch 2012: 113 offencesApril 2012: 90 offencesMay 2012: 129 offencesJune 2012: 92 offencesJuly 2012: 115 offencesAugust 2012: 88 offencesSeptember 2012: 99 offencesOctober 2012: 87 offencesNovember 2012: 71 offencesDecember 2012: 63 offencesJanuary 2013: 110 offencesFebruary 2013: 97 offencesMarch 2013: 129 offencesApril 2013: 109 offencesMay 2013: 127 offencesJune 2013: 120 offencesJuly 2013: 106 offencesAugust 2013: 120 offencesSeptember 2013: 122 offencesOctober 2013: 101 offencesNovember 2013: 109 offencesDecember 2013: 108 offencesJanuary 2014: 97 offencesFebruary 2014: 95 offencesMarch 2014: 106 offencesApril 2014: 73 offencesMay 2014: 106 offencesJune 2014: 83 offencesJuly 2014: 70 offencesAugust 2014: 95 offencesSeptember 2014: 80 offencesOctober 2014: 81 offencesNovember 2014: 89 offencesDecember 2014: 74 offencesJanuary 2015: 78 offencesFebruary 2015: 87 offencesMarch 2015: 94 offencesApril 2015: 86 offencesMay 2015: 97 offencesJune 2015: 106 offencesJuly 2015: 108 offencesAugust 2015: 69 offencesSeptember 2015: 75 offencesOctober 2015: 86 offencesNovember 2015: 103 offencesDecember 2015: 86 offencesJanuary 2016: 83 offencesFebruary 2016: 133 offencesMarch 2016: 83 offencesApril 2016: 126 offencesMay 2016: 84 offencesJune 2016: 82 offencesJuly 2016: 92 offencesAugust 2016: 80 offencesSeptember 2016: 98 offencesOctober 2016: 93 offencesNovember 2016: 108 offencesDecember 2016: 82 offencesJanuary 2017: 88 offencesFebruary 2017: 104 offencesMarch 2017: 100 offencesApril 2017: 75 offencesMay 2017: 102 offencesJune 2017: 98 offencesJuly 2017: 120 offencesAugust 2017: 113 offencesSeptember 2017: 79 offencesOctober 2017: 92 offencesNovember 2017: 83 offencesDecember 2017: 64 offencesJanuary 2018: 55 offencesFebruary 2018: 85 offencesMarch 2018: 125 offencesApril 2018: 118 offencesMay 2018: 109 offencesJune 2018: 127 offencesJuly 2018: 111 offencesAugust 2018: 127 offencesSeptember 2018: 105 offencesOctober 2018: 116 offencesNovember 2018: 128 offencesDecember 2018: 133 offencesJanuary 2019: 129 offencesFebruary 2019: 112 offencesMarch 2019: 126 offencesApril 2019: 120 offencesMay 2019: 99 offencesJune 2019: 101 offencesJuly 2019: 119 offencesAugust 2019: 129 offencesSeptember 2019: 134 offencesOctober 2019: 102 offencesNovember 2019: 109 offencesDecember 2019: 133 offencesJanuary 2020: 133 offencesFebruary 2020: 110 offencesMarch 2020: 96 offencesApril 2020: 37 offencesMay 2020: 45 offencesJune 2020: 48 offencesJuly 2020: 67 offencesAugust 2020: 84 offencesSeptember 2020: 89 offencesOctober 2020: 101 offencesNovember 2020: 112 offencesDecember 2020: 74 offencesJanuary 2021: 64 offencesFebruary 2021: 74 offencesMarch 2021: 68 offencesApril 2021: 71 offencesMay 2021: 79 offencesJune 2021: 65 offencesJuly 2021: 100 offencesAugust 2021: 91 offencesSeptember 2021: 79 offencesOctober 2021: 101 offencesNovember 2021: 90 offencesDecember 2021: 111 offencesJanuary 2022: 110 offencesFebruary 2022: 104 offencesMarch 2022: 115 offencesApril 2022: 80 offencesMay 2022: 89 offencesJune 2022: 78 offencesJuly 2022: 117 offencesAugust 2022: 93 offencesSeptember 2022: 111 offencesOctober 2022: 125 offencesNovember 2022: 139 offencesDecember 2022: 107 offencesJanuary 2023: 120 offencesFebruary 2023: 138 offencesMarch 2023: 197 offencesApril 2023: 173 offencesMay 2023: 141 offencesJune 2023: 131 offencesJuly 2023: 98 offencesAugust 2023: 160 offencesSeptember 2023: 132 offencesOctober 2023: 130 offencesNovember 2023: 124 offencesDecember 2023: 109 offencesJanuary 2024: 131 offencesFebruary 2024: 104 offencesMarch 2024: 131 offencesApril 2024: 143 offencesMay 2024: 126 offencesJune 2024: 149 offencesJuly 2024: 168 offencesAugust 2024: 129 offencesSeptember 2024: 70 offencesOctober 2024: 141 offencesNovember 2024: 138 offencesDecember 2024: 107 offencesJanuary 2025: 126 offencesFebruary 2025: 95 offencesMarch 2025: 143 offencesApril 2025: 90 offencesMay 2025: 94 offencesJune 2025: 102 offencesJuly 2025: 138 offencesAugust 2025: 182 offencesSeptember 2025: 136 offencesOctober 2025: 137 offencesNovember 2025: 143 offencesDecember 2025: 115 offencesJanuary 2026: 125 offencesFebruary 2026: 95 offencesMarch 2026: 132 offencesApril 2026: 91 offencesMay 2026: 126 offencesJune 2026: 119 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 Basildon

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