Police-recorded · Cardiff · South Wales Police

Shoplifting in Cardiff

12 months to June 2026

12.8per 1,000 residents

Police recorded 4,902 shoplifting offences in Cardiff in the 12 months to June 2026, down 8.2% (437) on the previous 12 months. That is 12.8 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, 381,516

Monthly, September 2011 to June 2026

Monthly recorded offences: September 2011 to June 2026CoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour0200400201520202025September 2011: 221 offencesOctober 2011: 216 offencesNovember 2011: 311 offencesDecember 2011: 297 offencesJanuary 2012: 225 offencesFebruary 2012: 204 offencesMarch 2012: 257 offencesApril 2012: 289 offencesMay 2012: 252 offencesJune 2012: 273 offencesJuly 2012: 261 offencesAugust 2012: 206 offencesSeptember 2012: 224 offencesOctober 2012: 251 offencesNovember 2012: 256 offencesDecember 2012: 250 offencesJanuary 2013: 255 offencesFebruary 2013: 354 offencesMarch 2013: 293 offencesApril 2013: 270 offencesMay 2013: 266 offencesJune 2013: 262 offencesJuly 2013: 267 offencesAugust 2013: 227 offencesSeptember 2013: 261 offencesOctober 2013: 252 offencesNovember 2013: 272 offencesDecember 2013: 225 offencesJanuary 2014: 266 offencesFebruary 2014: 266 offencesMarch 2014: 328 offencesApril 2014: 290 offencesMay 2014: 295 offencesJune 2014: 373 offencesJuly 2014: 288 offencesAugust 2014: 290 offencesSeptember 2014: 259 offencesOctober 2014: 280 offencesNovember 2014: 294 offencesDecember 2014: 328 offencesJanuary 2015: 350 offencesFebruary 2015: 291 offencesMarch 2015: 324 offencesApril 2015: 347 offencesMay 2015: 362 offencesJune 2015: 350 offencesJuly 2015: 361 offencesAugust 2015: 325 offencesSeptember 2015: 266 offencesOctober 2015: 308 offencesNovember 2015: 335 offencesDecember 2015: 330 offencesJanuary 2016: 264 offencesFebruary 2016: 313 offencesMarch 2016: 327 offencesApril 2016: 348 offencesMay 2016: 296 offencesJune 2016: 284 offencesJuly 2016: 320 offencesAugust 2016: 336 offencesSeptember 2016: 331 offencesOctober 2016: 313 offencesNovember 2016: 338 offencesDecember 2016: 366 offencesJanuary 2017: 373 offencesFebruary 2017: 331 offencesMarch 2017: 331 offencesApril 2017: 349 offencesMay 2017: 374 offencesJune 2017: 367 offencesJuly 2017: 402 offencesAugust 2017: 434 offencesSeptember 2017: 411 offencesOctober 2017: 416 offencesNovember 2017: 435 offencesDecember 2017: 329 offencesJanuary 2018: 360 offencesFebruary 2018: 382 offencesMarch 2018: 349 offencesApril 2018: 388 offencesMay 2018: 404 offencesJune 2018: 352 offencesJuly 2018: 390 offencesAugust 2018: 405 offencesSeptember 2018: 386 offencesOctober 2018: 409 offencesNovember 2018: 482 offencesDecember 2018: 363 offencesJanuary 2019: 460 offencesFebruary 2019: 392 offencesMarch 2019: 446 offencesApril 2019: 391 offencesMay 2019: 419 offencesJune 2019: 367 offencesJuly 2019: 329 offencesAugust 2019: 315 offencesSeptember 2019: 334 offencesOctober 2019: 270 offencesNovember 2019: 331 offencesDecember 2019: 293 offencesJanuary 2020: 363 offencesFebruary 2020: 386 offencesMarch 2020: 290 offencesApril 2020: 156 offencesMay 2020: 157 offencesJune 2020: 175 offencesJuly 2020: 202 offencesAugust 2020: 223 offencesSeptember 2020: 237 offencesOctober 2020: 242 offencesNovember 2020: 224 offencesDecember 2020: 201 offencesJanuary 2021: 160 offencesFebruary 2021: 188 offencesMarch 2021: 203 offencesApril 2021: 175 offencesMay 2021: 245 offencesJune 2021: 273 offencesJuly 2021: 267 offencesAugust 2021: 195 offencesSeptember 2021: 236 offencesOctober 2021: 289 offencesNovember 2021: 303 offencesDecember 2021: 285 offencesJanuary 2022: 268 offencesFebruary 2022: 290 offencesMarch 2022: 296 offencesApril 2022: 291 offencesMay 2022: 325 offencesJune 2022: 268 offencesJuly 2022: 228 offencesAugust 2022: 331 offencesSeptember 2022: 331 offencesOctober 2022: 372 offencesNovember 2022: 389 offencesDecember 2022: 311 offencesJanuary 2023: 286 offencesFebruary 2023: 340 offencesMarch 2023: 404 offencesApril 2023: 369 offencesMay 2023: 415 offencesJune 2023: 423 offencesJuly 2023: 493 offencesAugust 2023: 500 offencesSeptember 2023: 396 offencesOctober 2023: 510 offencesNovember 2023: 431 offencesDecember 2023: 455 offencesJanuary 2024: 524 offencesFebruary 2024: 426 offencesMarch 2024: 489 offencesApril 2024: 489 offencesMay 2024: 582 offencesJune 2024: 486 offencesJuly 2024: 455 offencesAugust 2024: 510 offencesSeptember 2024: 483 offencesOctober 2024: 484 offencesNovember 2024: 464 offencesDecember 2024: 422 offencesJanuary 2025: 370 offencesFebruary 2025: 379 offencesMarch 2025: 464 offencesApril 2025: 490 offencesMay 2025: 409 offencesJune 2025: 409 offencesJuly 2025: 401 offencesAugust 2025: 444 offencesSeptember 2025: 452 offencesOctober 2025: 441 offencesNovember 2025: 422 offencesDecember 2025: 304 offencesJanuary 2026: 359 offencesFebruary 2026: 343 offencesMarch 2026: 364 offencesApril 2026: 513 offencesMay 2026: 433 offencesJune 2026: 426 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 Cardiff

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