Police-recorded · Lambeth · Metropolitan Police Service

Shoplifting in Lambeth

12 months to June 2026

11.2per 1,000 residents

Police recorded 3,521 shoplifting offences in Lambeth in the 12 months to June 2026, up 16.6% (500) on the previous 12 months. That is 11.2 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, 314,298

Monthly, September 2011 to June 2026

Monthly recorded offences: September 2011 to June 2026CoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour0200400201520202025September 2011: 71 offencesOctober 2011: 61 offencesNovember 2011: 58 offencesDecember 2011: 76 offencesJanuary 2012: 75 offencesFebruary 2012: 50 offencesMarch 2012: 77 offencesApril 2012: 73 offencesMay 2012: 65 offencesJune 2012: 53 offencesJuly 2012: 55 offencesAugust 2012: 62 offencesSeptember 2012: 72 offencesOctober 2012: 59 offencesNovember 2012: 77 offencesDecember 2012: 64 offencesJanuary 2013: 58 offencesFebruary 2013: 69 offencesMarch 2013: 80 offencesApril 2013: 69 offencesMay 2013: 69 offencesJune 2013: 73 offencesJuly 2013: 75 offencesAugust 2013: 76 offencesSeptember 2013: 83 offencesOctober 2013: 78 offencesNovember 2013: 75 offencesDecember 2013: 70 offencesJanuary 2014: 76 offencesFebruary 2014: 66 offencesMarch 2014: 102 offencesApril 2014: 90 offencesMay 2014: 86 offencesJune 2014: 104 offencesJuly 2014: 89 offencesAugust 2014: 96 offencesSeptember 2014: 109 offencesOctober 2014: 128 offencesNovember 2014: 120 offencesDecember 2014: 135 offencesJanuary 2015: 116 offencesFebruary 2015: 130 offencesMarch 2015: 138 offencesApril 2015: 136 offencesMay 2015: 139 offencesJune 2015: 107 offencesJuly 2015: 126 offencesAugust 2015: 130 offencesSeptember 2015: 94 offencesOctober 2015: 118 offencesNovember 2015: 119 offencesDecember 2015: 129 offencesJanuary 2016: 132 offencesFebruary 2016: 122 offencesMarch 2016: 138 offencesApril 2016: 137 offencesMay 2016: 154 offencesJune 2016: 156 offencesJuly 2016: 129 offencesAugust 2016: 137 offencesSeptember 2016: 129 offencesOctober 2016: 115 offencesNovember 2016: 107 offencesDecember 2016: 125 offencesJanuary 2017: 147 offencesFebruary 2017: 136 offencesMarch 2017: 133 offencesApril 2017: 130 offencesMay 2017: 148 offencesJune 2017: 116 offencesJuly 2017: 132 offencesAugust 2017: 154 offencesSeptember 2017: 118 offencesOctober 2017: 111 offencesNovember 2017: 145 offencesDecember 2017: 89 offencesJanuary 2018: 84 offencesFebruary 2018: 94 offencesMarch 2018: 108 offencesApril 2018: 92 offencesMay 2018: 100 offencesJune 2018: 116 offencesJuly 2018: 110 offencesAugust 2018: 105 offencesSeptember 2018: 110 offencesOctober 2018: 104 offencesNovember 2018: 103 offencesDecember 2018: 83 offencesJanuary 2019: 103 offencesFebruary 2019: 90 offencesMarch 2019: 142 offencesApril 2019: 126 offencesMay 2019: 108 offencesJune 2019: 115 offencesJuly 2019: 96 offencesAugust 2019: 90 offencesSeptember 2019: 115 offencesOctober 2019: 120 offencesNovember 2019: 103 offencesDecember 2019: 74 offencesJanuary 2020: 85 offencesFebruary 2020: 105 offencesMarch 2020: 104 offencesApril 2020: 44 offencesMay 2020: 68 offencesJune 2020: 65 offencesJuly 2020: 92 offencesAugust 2020: 117 offencesSeptember 2020: 79 offencesOctober 2020: 86 offencesNovember 2020: 61 offencesDecember 2020: 80 offencesJanuary 2021: 75 offencesFebruary 2021: 75 offencesMarch 2021: 101 offencesApril 2021: 74 offencesMay 2021: 62 offencesJune 2021: 82 offencesJuly 2021: 78 offencesAugust 2021: 83 offencesSeptember 2021: 71 offencesOctober 2021: 57 offencesNovember 2021: 58 offencesDecember 2021: 51 offencesJanuary 2022: 52 offencesFebruary 2022: 72 offencesMarch 2022: 82 offencesApril 2022: 70 offencesMay 2022: 107 offencesJune 2022: 69 offencesJuly 2022: 84 offencesAugust 2022: 119 offencesSeptember 2022: 149 offencesOctober 2022: 128 offencesNovember 2022: 97 offencesDecember 2022: 98 offencesJanuary 2023: 115 offencesFebruary 2023: 80 offencesMarch 2023: 107 offencesApril 2023: 148 offencesMay 2023: 130 offencesJune 2023: 210 offencesJuly 2023: 137 offencesAugust 2023: 181 offencesSeptember 2023: 141 offencesOctober 2023: 150 offencesNovember 2023: 151 offencesDecember 2023: 156 offencesJanuary 2024: 144 offencesFebruary 2024: 185 offencesMarch 2024: 228 offencesApril 2024: 220 offencesMay 2024: 279 offencesJune 2024: 252 offencesJuly 2024: 304 offencesAugust 2024: 263 offencesSeptember 2024: 233 offencesOctober 2024: 269 offencesNovember 2024: 203 offencesDecember 2024: 203 offencesJanuary 2025: 244 offencesFebruary 2025: 193 offencesMarch 2025: 214 offencesApril 2025: 276 offencesMay 2025: 314 offencesJune 2025: 305 offencesJuly 2025: 320 offencesAugust 2025: 310 offencesSeptember 2025: 248 offencesOctober 2025: 255 offencesNovember 2025: 266 offencesDecember 2025: 225 offencesJanuary 2026: 225 offencesFebruary 2026: 272 offencesMarch 2026: 323 offencesApril 2026: 328 offencesMay 2026: 339 offencesJune 2026: 410 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 Lambeth

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