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Shoplifting in County Durham

12 months to June 2026

11.8per 1,000 residents

Police recorded 6,371 shoplifting offences in County Durham in the 12 months to June 2026, up 9.3% (543) on the previous 12 months. That is 11.8 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, 539,146

Monthly, September 2011 to June 2026

Monthly recorded offences: September 2011 to June 2026CoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour0200400600201520202025September 2011: 175 offencesOctober 2011: 210 offencesNovember 2011: 189 offencesDecember 2011: 167 offencesJanuary 2012: 149 offencesFebruary 2012: 192 offencesMarch 2012: 231 offencesApril 2012: 159 offencesMay 2012: 139 offencesJune 2012: 136 offencesJuly 2012: 142 offencesAugust 2012: 170 offencesSeptember 2012: 136 offencesOctober 2012: 188 offencesNovember 2012: 179 offencesDecember 2012: 152 offencesJanuary 2013: 118 offencesFebruary 2013: 161 offencesMarch 2013: 178 offencesApril 2013: 144 offencesMay 2013: 156 offencesJune 2013: 170 offencesJuly 2013: 153 offencesAugust 2013: 164 offencesSeptember 2013: 148 offencesOctober 2013: 195 offencesNovember 2013: 203 offencesDecember 2013: 152 offencesJanuary 2014: 175 offencesFebruary 2014: 169 offencesMarch 2014: 172 offencesApril 2014: 224 offencesMay 2014: 192 offencesJune 2014: 212 offencesJuly 2014: 192 offencesAugust 2014: 205 offencesSeptember 2014: 205 offencesOctober 2014: 184 offencesNovember 2014: 245 offencesDecember 2014: 210 offencesJanuary 2015: 186 offencesFebruary 2015: 199 offencesMarch 2015: 218 offencesApril 2015: 223 offencesMay 2015: 170 offencesJune 2015: 188 offencesJuly 2015: 201 offencesAugust 2015: 228 offencesSeptember 2015: 198 offencesOctober 2015: 200 offencesNovember 2015: 166 offencesDecember 2015: 204 offencesJanuary 2016: 172 offencesFebruary 2016: 254 offencesMarch 2016: 213 offencesApril 2016: 241 offencesMay 2016: 215 offencesJune 2016: 183 offencesJuly 2016: 249 offencesAugust 2016: 272 offencesSeptember 2016: 241 offencesOctober 2016: 235 offencesNovember 2016: 282 offencesDecember 2016: 239 offencesJanuary 2017: 240 offencesFebruary 2017: 259 offencesMarch 2017: 239 offencesApril 2017: 299 offencesMay 2017: 260 offencesJune 2017: 290 offencesJuly 2017: 301 offencesAugust 2017: 320 offencesSeptember 2017: 258 offencesOctober 2017: 288 offencesNovember 2017: 320 offencesDecember 2017: 239 offencesJanuary 2018: 245 offencesFebruary 2018: 287 offencesMarch 2018: 302 offencesApril 2018: 290 offencesMay 2018: 359 offencesJune 2018: 321 offencesJuly 2018: 301 offencesAugust 2018: 334 offencesSeptember 2018: 352 offencesOctober 2018: 425 offencesNovember 2018: 399 offencesDecember 2018: 283 offencesJanuary 2019: 386 offencesFebruary 2019: 282 offencesMarch 2019: 374 offencesApril 2019: 360 offencesMay 2019: 395 offencesJune 2019: 367 offencesJuly 2019: 297 offencesAugust 2019: 345 offencesSeptember 2019: 323 offencesOctober 2019: 391 offencesNovember 2019: 352 offencesDecember 2019: 269 offencesJanuary 2020: 284 offencesFebruary 2020: 359 offencesMarch 2020: 286 offencesApril 2020: 135 offencesMay 2020: 140 offencesJune 2020: 169 offencesJuly 2020: 238 offencesAugust 2020: 309 offencesSeptember 2020: 312 offencesOctober 2020: 297 offencesNovember 2020: 244 offencesDecember 2020: 235 offencesJanuary 2021: 210 offencesFebruary 2021: 187 offencesMarch 2021: 224 offencesApril 2021: 228 offencesMay 2021: 222 offencesJune 2021: 192 offencesJuly 2021: 192 offencesAugust 2021: 247 offencesSeptember 2021: 285 offencesOctober 2021: 240 offencesNovember 2021: 221 offencesDecember 2021: 194 offencesJanuary 2022: 281 offencesFebruary 2022: 305 offencesMarch 2022: 365 offencesApril 2022: 356 offencesMay 2022: 373 offencesJune 2022: 328 offencesJuly 2022: 253 offencesAugust 2022: 321 offencesSeptember 2022: 297 offencesOctober 2022: 332 offencesNovember 2022: 338 offencesDecember 2022: 307 offencesJanuary 2023: 368 offencesFebruary 2023: 412 offencesMarch 2023: 471 offencesApril 2023: 486 offencesMay 2023: 528 offencesJune 2023: 537 offencesJuly 2023: 603 offencesAugust 2023: 532 offencesSeptember 2023: 545 offencesOctober 2023: 477 offencesNovember 2023: 389 offencesDecember 2023: 359 offencesJanuary 2024: 458 offencesFebruary 2024: 399 offencesMarch 2024: 514 offencesApril 2024: 580 offencesMay 2024: 484 offencesJune 2024: 463 offencesJuly 2024: 515 offencesAugust 2024: 525 offencesSeptember 2024: 590 offencesOctober 2024: 610 offencesNovember 2024: 489 offencesDecember 2024: 472 offencesJanuary 2025: 431 offencesFebruary 2025: 458 offencesMarch 2025: 427 offencesApril 2025: 374 offencesMay 2025: 463 offencesJune 2025: 474 offencesJuly 2025: 500 offencesAugust 2025: 516 offencesSeptember 2025: 461 offencesOctober 2025: 615 offencesNovember 2025: 572 offencesDecember 2025: 486 offencesJanuary 2026: 434 offencesFebruary 2026: 499 offencesMarch 2026: 549 offencesApril 2026: 574 offencesMay 2026: 624 offencesJune 2026: 541 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 County Durham

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