Police-recorded · Cherwell · Thames Valley Police

Shoplifting in Cherwell

12 months to June 2026

8.3per 1,000 residents

Police recorded 1,431 shoplifting offences in Cherwell in the 12 months to June 2026, down 13.3% (220) on the previous 12 months. That is 8.3 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, 172,178

Monthly, September 2011 to June 2026

Monthly recorded offences: September 2011 to June 2026CoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour050100150201520202025September 2011: 61 offencesOctober 2011: 72 offencesNovember 2011: 76 offencesDecember 2011: 95 offencesJanuary 2012: 69 offencesFebruary 2012: 78 offencesMarch 2012: 85 offencesApril 2012: 91 offencesMay 2012: 63 offencesJune 2012: 73 offencesJuly 2012: 68 offencesAugust 2012: 100 offencesSeptember 2012: 82 offencesOctober 2012: 82 offencesNovember 2012: 92 offencesDecember 2012: 74 offencesJanuary 2013: 48 offencesFebruary 2013: 71 offencesMarch 2013: 67 offencesApril 2013: 93 offencesMay 2013: 89 offencesJune 2013: 77 offencesJuly 2013: 66 offencesAugust 2013: 80 offencesSeptember 2013: 81 offencesOctober 2013: 87 offencesNovember 2013: 80 offencesDecember 2013: 56 offencesJanuary 2014: 69 offencesFebruary 2014: 70 offencesMarch 2014: 115 offencesApril 2014: 95 offencesMay 2014: 92 offencesJune 2014: 63 offencesJuly 2014: 84 offencesAugust 2014: 77 offencesSeptember 2014: 62 offencesOctober 2014: 73 offencesNovember 2014: 61 offencesDecember 2014: 100 offencesJanuary 2015: 86 offencesFebruary 2015: 98 offencesMarch 2015: 104 offencesApril 2015: 111 offencesMay 2015: 105 offencesJune 2015: 108 offencesJuly 2015: 100 offencesAugust 2015: 88 offencesSeptember 2015: 107 offencesOctober 2015: 83 offencesNovember 2015: 90 offencesDecember 2015: 75 offencesJanuary 2016: 81 offencesFebruary 2016: 71 offencesMarch 2016: 98 offencesApril 2016: 121 offencesMay 2016: 123 offencesJune 2016: 140 offencesJuly 2016: 130 offencesAugust 2016: 115 offencesSeptember 2016: 158 offencesOctober 2016: 108 offencesNovember 2016: 151 offencesDecember 2016: 139 offencesJanuary 2017: 160 offencesFebruary 2017: 113 offencesMarch 2017: 149 offencesApril 2017: 127 offencesMay 2017: 140 offencesJune 2017: 152 offencesJuly 2017: 105 offencesAugust 2017: 91 offencesSeptember 2017: 116 offencesOctober 2017: 95 offencesNovember 2017: 133 offencesDecember 2017: 115 offencesJanuary 2018: 120 offencesFebruary 2018: 103 offencesMarch 2018: 145 offencesApril 2018: 120 offencesMay 2018: 124 offencesJune 2018: 127 offencesJuly 2018: 78 offencesAugust 2018: 65 offencesSeptember 2018: 54 offencesOctober 2018: 74 offencesNovember 2018: 81 offencesDecember 2018: 74 offencesJanuary 2019: 80 offencesFebruary 2019: 86 offencesMarch 2019: 75 offencesApril 2019: 81 offencesMay 2019: 78 offencesJune 2019: 88 offencesJuly 2019: 67 offencesAugust 2019: 90 offencesSeptember 2019: 78 offencesOctober 2019: 108 offencesNovember 2019: 84 offencesDecember 2019: 116 offencesJanuary 2020: 65 offencesFebruary 2020: 103 offencesMarch 2020: 58 offencesApril 2020: 24 offencesMay 2020: 33 offencesJune 2020: 37 offencesJuly 2020: 58 offencesAugust 2020: 73 offencesSeptember 2020: 70 offencesOctober 2020: 81 offencesNovember 2020: 54 offencesDecember 2020: 55 offencesJanuary 2021: 41 offencesFebruary 2021: 68 offencesMarch 2021: 43 offencesApril 2021: 72 offencesMay 2021: 76 offencesJune 2021: 73 offencesJuly 2021: 81 offencesAugust 2021: 100 offencesSeptember 2021: 105 offencesOctober 2021: 121 offencesNovember 2021: 96 offencesDecember 2021: 95 offencesJanuary 2022: 98 offencesFebruary 2022: 118 offencesMarch 2022: 141 offencesApril 2022: 118 offencesMay 2022: 99 offencesJune 2022: 100 offencesJuly 2022: 110 offencesAugust 2022: 117 offencesSeptember 2022: 95 offencesOctober 2022: 107 offencesNovember 2022: 84 offencesDecember 2022: 103 offencesJanuary 2023: 111 offencesFebruary 2023: 87 offencesMarch 2023: 131 offencesApril 2023: 100 offencesMay 2023: 103 offencesJune 2023: 99 offencesJuly 2023: 136 offencesAugust 2023: 124 offencesSeptember 2023: 103 offencesOctober 2023: 131 offencesNovember 2023: 127 offencesDecember 2023: 123 offencesJanuary 2024: 95 offencesFebruary 2024: 137 offencesMarch 2024: 103 offencesApril 2024: 146 offencesMay 2024: 135 offencesJune 2024: 149 offencesJuly 2024: 139 offencesAugust 2024: 130 offencesSeptember 2024: 111 offencesOctober 2024: 142 offencesNovember 2024: 168 offencesDecember 2024: 186 offencesJanuary 2025: 150 offencesFebruary 2025: 113 offencesMarch 2025: 128 offencesApril 2025: 157 offencesMay 2025: 139 offencesJune 2025: 88 offencesJuly 2025: 85 offencesAugust 2025: 93 offencesSeptember 2025: 94 offencesOctober 2025: 124 offencesNovember 2025: 111 offencesDecember 2025: 165 offencesJanuary 2026: 128 offencesFebruary 2026: 131 offencesMarch 2026: 131 offencesApril 2026: 141 offencesMay 2026: 126 offencesJune 2026: 102 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 Cherwell

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