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Shoplifting in Islington

12 months to June 2026

17.3per 1,000 residents

Police recorded 3,890 shoplifting offences in Islington in the 12 months to June 2026, up 14.4% (490) on the previous 12 months. That is 17.3 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, 224,551

Monthly, September 2011 to June 2026

Monthly recorded offences: September 2011 to June 2026CoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour0200400201520202025September 2011: 85 offencesOctober 2011: 94 offencesNovember 2011: 101 offencesDecember 2011: 96 offencesJanuary 2012: 98 offencesFebruary 2012: 76 offencesMarch 2012: 112 offencesApril 2012: 102 offencesMay 2012: 101 offencesJune 2012: 85 offencesJuly 2012: 102 offencesAugust 2012: 102 offencesSeptember 2012: 67 offencesOctober 2012: 103 offencesNovember 2012: 104 offencesDecember 2012: 86 offencesJanuary 2013: 100 offencesFebruary 2013: 94 offencesMarch 2013: 88 offencesApril 2013: 109 offencesMay 2013: 88 offencesJune 2013: 61 offencesJuly 2013: 73 offencesAugust 2013: 72 offencesSeptember 2013: 72 offencesOctober 2013: 76 offencesNovember 2013: 71 offencesDecember 2013: 46 offencesJanuary 2014: 94 offencesFebruary 2014: 64 offencesMarch 2014: 90 offencesApril 2014: 120 offencesMay 2014: 99 offencesJune 2014: 100 offencesJuly 2014: 94 offencesAugust 2014: 105 offencesSeptember 2014: 125 offencesOctober 2014: 121 offencesNovember 2014: 118 offencesDecember 2014: 86 offencesJanuary 2015: 109 offencesFebruary 2015: 99 offencesMarch 2015: 117 offencesApril 2015: 122 offencesMay 2015: 92 offencesJune 2015: 116 offencesJuly 2015: 119 offencesAugust 2015: 102 offencesSeptember 2015: 71 offencesOctober 2015: 135 offencesNovember 2015: 117 offencesDecember 2015: 105 offencesJanuary 2016: 95 offencesFebruary 2016: 127 offencesMarch 2016: 125 offencesApril 2016: 147 offencesMay 2016: 135 offencesJune 2016: 132 offencesJuly 2016: 121 offencesAugust 2016: 132 offencesSeptember 2016: 108 offencesOctober 2016: 162 offencesNovember 2016: 115 offencesDecember 2016: 147 offencesJanuary 2017: 126 offencesFebruary 2017: 151 offencesMarch 2017: 131 offencesApril 2017: 126 offencesMay 2017: 137 offencesJune 2017: 146 offencesJuly 2017: 142 offencesAugust 2017: 163 offencesSeptember 2017: 115 offencesOctober 2017: 113 offencesNovember 2017: 124 offencesDecember 2017: 106 offencesJanuary 2018: 125 offencesFebruary 2018: 104 offencesMarch 2018: 102 offencesApril 2018: 105 offencesMay 2018: 114 offencesJune 2018: 110 offencesJuly 2018: 123 offencesAugust 2018: 97 offencesSeptember 2018: 119 offencesOctober 2018: 150 offencesNovember 2018: 109 offencesDecember 2018: 96 offencesJanuary 2019: 115 offencesFebruary 2019: 125 offencesMarch 2019: 133 offencesApril 2019: 136 offencesMay 2019: 122 offencesJune 2019: 123 offencesJuly 2019: 112 offencesAugust 2019: 101 offencesSeptember 2019: 119 offencesOctober 2019: 121 offencesNovember 2019: 137 offencesDecember 2019: 110 offencesJanuary 2020: 104 offencesFebruary 2020: 141 offencesMarch 2020: 77 offencesApril 2020: 54 offencesMay 2020: 64 offencesJune 2020: 80 offencesJuly 2020: 99 offencesAugust 2020: 88 offencesSeptember 2020: 123 offencesOctober 2020: 100 offencesNovember 2020: 82 offencesDecember 2020: 48 offencesJanuary 2021: 49 offencesFebruary 2021: 44 offencesMarch 2021: 82 offencesApril 2021: 75 offencesMay 2021: 89 offencesJune 2021: 63 offencesJuly 2021: 93 offencesAugust 2021: 88 offencesSeptember 2021: 71 offencesOctober 2021: 98 offencesNovember 2021: 114 offencesDecember 2021: 64 offencesJanuary 2022: 115 offencesFebruary 2022: 77 offencesMarch 2022: 84 offencesApril 2022: 80 offencesMay 2022: 132 offencesJune 2022: 106 offencesJuly 2022: 90 offencesAugust 2022: 117 offencesSeptember 2022: 134 offencesOctober 2022: 103 offencesNovember 2022: 83 offencesDecember 2022: 95 offencesJanuary 2023: 132 offencesFebruary 2023: 157 offencesMarch 2023: 174 offencesApril 2023: 186 offencesMay 2023: 178 offencesJune 2023: 179 offencesJuly 2023: 153 offencesAugust 2023: 167 offencesSeptember 2023: 140 offencesOctober 2023: 149 offencesNovember 2023: 111 offencesDecember 2023: 138 offencesJanuary 2024: 165 offencesFebruary 2024: 171 offencesMarch 2024: 172 offencesApril 2024: 213 offencesMay 2024: 216 offencesJune 2024: 253 offencesJuly 2024: 310 offencesAugust 2024: 345 offencesSeptember 2024: 336 offencesOctober 2024: 285 offencesNovember 2024: 294 offencesDecember 2024: 224 offencesJanuary 2025: 291 offencesFebruary 2025: 255 offencesMarch 2025: 281 offencesApril 2025: 222 offencesMay 2025: 292 offencesJune 2025: 265 offencesJuly 2025: 275 offencesAugust 2025: 255 offencesSeptember 2025: 281 offencesOctober 2025: 271 offencesNovember 2025: 273 offencesDecember 2025: 285 offencesJanuary 2026: 261 offencesFebruary 2026: 263 offencesMarch 2026: 340 offencesApril 2026: 478 offencesMay 2026: 465 offencesJune 2026: 443 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 Islington

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