Police-recorded · Hackney · Metropolitan Police Service

Shoplifting in Hackney

12 months to June 2026

9.6per 1,000 residents

Police recorded 2,561 shoplifting offences in Hackney in the 12 months to June 2026, up 13.7% (308) on the previous 12 months. That is 9.6 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, 266,241

Monthly, September 2011 to June 2026

Monthly recorded offences: September 2011 to June 2026CoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour0100200300201520202025September 2011: 56 offencesOctober 2011: 52 offencesNovember 2011: 59 offencesDecember 2011: 52 offencesJanuary 2012: 60 offencesFebruary 2012: 55 offencesMarch 2012: 59 offencesApril 2012: 53 offencesMay 2012: 47 offencesJune 2012: 45 offencesJuly 2012: 64 offencesAugust 2012: 55 offencesSeptember 2012: 55 offencesOctober 2012: 58 offencesNovember 2012: 51 offencesDecember 2012: 50 offencesJanuary 2013: 49 offencesFebruary 2013: 62 offencesMarch 2013: 59 offencesApril 2013: 76 offencesMay 2013: 54 offencesJune 2013: 66 offencesJuly 2013: 49 offencesAugust 2013: 68 offencesSeptember 2013: 45 offencesOctober 2013: 63 offencesNovember 2013: 61 offencesDecember 2013: 58 offencesJanuary 2014: 71 offencesFebruary 2014: 47 offencesMarch 2014: 69 offencesApril 2014: 58 offencesMay 2014: 67 offencesJune 2014: 49 offencesJuly 2014: 68 offencesAugust 2014: 69 offencesSeptember 2014: 46 offencesOctober 2014: 71 offencesNovember 2014: 44 offencesDecember 2014: 57 offencesJanuary 2015: 53 offencesFebruary 2015: 51 offencesMarch 2015: 49 offencesApril 2015: 67 offencesMay 2015: 54 offencesJune 2015: 63 offencesJuly 2015: 55 offencesAugust 2015: 64 offencesSeptember 2015: 51 offencesOctober 2015: 52 offencesNovember 2015: 73 offencesDecember 2015: 68 offencesJanuary 2016: 82 offencesFebruary 2016: 78 offencesMarch 2016: 84 offencesApril 2016: 108 offencesMay 2016: 99 offencesJune 2016: 87 offencesJuly 2016: 92 offencesAugust 2016: 113 offencesSeptember 2016: 111 offencesOctober 2016: 102 offencesNovember 2016: 81 offencesDecember 2016: 90 offencesJanuary 2017: 82 offencesFebruary 2017: 84 offencesMarch 2017: 106 offencesApril 2017: 74 offencesMay 2017: 100 offencesJune 2017: 89 offencesJuly 2017: 97 offencesAugust 2017: 93 offencesSeptember 2017: 84 offencesOctober 2017: 103 offencesNovember 2017: 98 offencesDecember 2017: 96 offencesJanuary 2018: 91 offencesFebruary 2018: 84 offencesMarch 2018: 79 offencesApril 2018: 70 offencesMay 2018: 64 offencesJune 2018: 75 offencesJuly 2018: 73 offencesAugust 2018: 71 offencesSeptember 2018: 51 offencesOctober 2018: 64 offencesNovember 2018: 87 offencesDecember 2018: 61 offencesJanuary 2019: 62 offencesFebruary 2019: 60 offencesMarch 2019: 65 offencesApril 2019: 60 offencesMay 2019: 62 offencesJune 2019: 69 offencesJuly 2019: 66 offencesAugust 2019: 78 offencesSeptember 2019: 81 offencesOctober 2019: 99 offencesNovember 2019: 95 offencesDecember 2019: 93 offencesJanuary 2020: 79 offencesFebruary 2020: 66 offencesMarch 2020: 53 offencesApril 2020: 27 offencesMay 2020: 40 offencesJune 2020: 42 offencesJuly 2020: 62 offencesAugust 2020: 91 offencesSeptember 2020: 76 offencesOctober 2020: 76 offencesNovember 2020: 72 offencesDecember 2020: 61 offencesJanuary 2021: 35 offencesFebruary 2021: 26 offencesMarch 2021: 40 offencesApril 2021: 46 offencesMay 2021: 55 offencesJune 2021: 46 offencesJuly 2021: 93 offencesAugust 2021: 93 offencesSeptember 2021: 66 offencesOctober 2021: 95 offencesNovember 2021: 70 offencesDecember 2021: 71 offencesJanuary 2022: 79 offencesFebruary 2022: 68 offencesMarch 2022: 76 offencesApril 2022: 63 offencesMay 2022: 60 offencesJune 2022: 53 offencesJuly 2022: 62 offencesAugust 2022: 57 offencesSeptember 2022: 64 offencesOctober 2022: 85 offencesNovember 2022: 55 offencesDecember 2022: 55 offencesJanuary 2023: 47 offencesFebruary 2023: 57 offencesMarch 2023: 68 offencesApril 2023: 67 offencesMay 2023: 83 offencesJune 2023: 101 offencesJuly 2023: 88 offencesAugust 2023: 87 offencesSeptember 2023: 95 offencesOctober 2023: 146 offencesNovember 2023: 119 offencesDecember 2023: 101 offencesJanuary 2024: 146 offencesFebruary 2024: 115 offencesMarch 2024: 120 offencesApril 2024: 123 offencesMay 2024: 132 offencesJune 2024: 122 offencesJuly 2024: 147 offencesAugust 2024: 215 offencesSeptember 2024: 257 offencesOctober 2024: 236 offencesNovember 2024: 243 offencesDecember 2024: 223 offencesJanuary 2025: 179 offencesFebruary 2025: 138 offencesMarch 2025: 125 offencesApril 2025: 135 offencesMay 2025: 158 offencesJune 2025: 197 offencesJuly 2025: 214 offencesAugust 2025: 237 offencesSeptember 2025: 178 offencesOctober 2025: 192 offencesNovember 2025: 180 offencesDecember 2025: 209 offencesJanuary 2026: 166 offencesFebruary 2026: 184 offencesMarch 2026: 193 offencesApril 2026: 204 offencesMay 2026: 315 offencesJune 2026: 289 offences

Offences recorded in this category each month, from the street-level archivePublished valueProvisional or revisedLatestShaded bands: governments (see labels)Hover, tap or use arrow keys to read a value; tap again to unpin
The chart as a table
PeriodMonthly recorded offences
September 201156 offences
October 201152 offences
November 201159 offences
December 201152 offences
January 201260 offences
February 201255 offences
March 201259 offences
April 201253 offences
May 201247 offences
June 201245 offences
July 201264 offences
August 201255 offences
September 201255 offences
October 201258 offences
November 201251 offences
December 201250 offences
January 201349 offences
February 201362 offences
March 201359 offences
April 201376 offences
May 201354 offences
June 201366 offences
July 201349 offences
August 201368 offences
September 201345 offences
October 201363 offences
November 201361 offences
December 201358 offences
January 201471 offences
February 201447 offences
March 201469 offences
April 201458 offences
May 201467 offences
June 201449 offences
July 201468 offences
August 201469 offences
September 201446 offences
October 201471 offences
November 201444 offences
December 201457 offences
January 201553 offences
February 201551 offences
March 201549 offences
April 201567 offences
May 201554 offences
June 201563 offences
July 201555 offences
August 201564 offences
September 201551 offences
October 201552 offences
November 201573 offences
December 201568 offences
January 201682 offences
February 201678 offences
March 201684 offences
April 2016108 offences
May 201699 offences
June 201687 offences
July 201692 offences
August 2016113 offences
September 2016111 offences
October 2016102 offences
November 201681 offences
December 201690 offences
January 201782 offences
February 201784 offences
March 2017106 offences
April 201774 offences
May 2017100 offences
June 201789 offences
July 201797 offences
August 201793 offences
September 201784 offences
October 2017103 offences
November 201798 offences
December 201796 offences
January 201891 offences
February 201884 offences
March 201879 offences
April 201870 offences
May 201864 offences
June 201875 offences
July 201873 offences
August 201871 offences
September 201851 offences
October 201864 offences
November 201887 offences
December 201861 offences
January 201962 offences
February 201960 offences
March 201965 offences
April 201960 offences
May 201962 offences
June 201969 offences
July 201966 offences
August 201978 offences
September 201981 offences
October 201999 offences
November 201995 offences
December 201993 offences
January 202079 offences
February 202066 offences
March 202053 offences
April 202027 offences
May 202040 offences
June 202042 offences
July 202062 offences
August 202091 offences
September 202076 offences
October 202076 offences
November 202072 offences
December 202061 offences
January 202135 offences
February 202126 offences
March 202140 offences
April 202146 offences
May 202155 offences
June 202146 offences
July 202193 offences
August 202193 offences
September 202166 offences
October 202195 offences
November 202170 offences
December 202171 offences
January 202279 offences
February 202268 offences
March 202276 offences
April 202263 offences
May 202260 offences
June 202253 offences
July 202262 offences
August 202257 offences
September 202264 offences
October 202285 offences
November 202255 offences
December 202255 offences
January 202347 offences
February 202357 offences
March 202368 offences
April 202367 offences
May 202383 offences
June 2023101 offences
July 202388 offences
August 202387 offences
September 202395 offences
October 2023146 offences
November 2023119 offences
December 2023101 offences
January 2024146 offences
February 2024115 offences
March 2024120 offences
April 2024123 offences
May 2024132 offences
June 2024122 offences
July 2024147 offences
August 2024215 offences
September 2024257 offences
October 2024236 offences
November 2024243 offences
December 2024223 offences
January 2025179 offences
February 2025138 offences
March 2025125 offences
April 2025135 offences
May 2025158 offences
June 2025197 offences
July 2025214 offences
August 2025237 offences
September 2025178 offences
October 2025192 offences
November 2025180 offences
December 2025209 offences
January 2026166 offences
February 2026184 offences
March 2026193 offences
April 2026204 offences
May 2026315 offences
June 2026289 offences

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 Hackney

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