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Shoplifting in Lincoln

12 months to June 2026

22.3per 1,000 residents

Police recorded 2,302 shoplifting offences in Lincoln in the 12 months to June 2026, down 5.5% (133) on the previous 12 months. That is 22.3 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, 103,351

Monthly, September 2011 to June 2026

Monthly recorded offences: September 2011 to June 2026CoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour0100200201520202025September 2011: 120 offencesOctober 2011: 100 offencesNovember 2011: 145 offencesDecember 2011: 124 offencesJanuary 2012: 134 offencesFebruary 2012: 139 offencesMarch 2012: 169 offencesApril 2012: 152 offencesMay 2012: 130 offencesJune 2012: 136 offencesJuly 2012: 134 offencesAugust 2012: 105 offencesSeptember 2012: 99 offencesOctober 2012: 157 offencesNovember 2012: 139 offencesDecember 2012: 149 offencesJanuary 2013: 178 offencesFebruary 2013: 204 offencesMarch 2013: 201 offencesApril 2013: 150 offencesMay 2013: 181 offencesJune 2013: 183 offencesJuly 2013: 169 offencesAugust 2013: 163 offencesSeptember 2013: 129 offencesOctober 2013: 127 offencesNovember 2013: 101 offencesDecember 2013: 150 offencesJanuary 2014: 124 offencesFebruary 2014: 121 offencesMarch 2014: 131 offencesApril 2014: 79 offencesMay 2014: 124 offencesJune 2014: 121 offencesJuly 2014: 140 offencesAugust 2014: 120 offencesSeptember 2014: 112 offencesOctober 2014: 118 offencesNovember 2014: 121 offencesDecember 2014: 114 offencesJanuary 2015: 136 offencesFebruary 2015: 108 offencesMarch 2015: 164 offencesApril 2015: 128 offencesMay 2015: 133 offencesJune 2015: 125 offencesJuly 2015: 123 offencesAugust 2015: 109 offencesSeptember 2015: 80 offencesOctober 2015: 99 offencesNovember 2015: 97 offencesDecember 2015: 105 offencesJanuary 2016: 97 offencesFebruary 2016: 105 offencesMarch 2016: 111 offencesApril 2016: 98 offencesMay 2016: 116 offencesJune 2016: 124 offencesJuly 2016: 97 offencesAugust 2016: 153 offencesSeptember 2016: 104 offencesOctober 2016: 97 offencesNovember 2016: 135 offencesDecember 2016: 115 offencesJanuary 2017: 167 offencesFebruary 2017: 156 offencesMarch 2017: 144 offencesApril 2017: 134 offencesMay 2017: 168 offencesJune 2017: 171 offencesJuly 2017: 166 offencesAugust 2017: 176 offencesSeptember 2017: 134 offencesOctober 2017: 133 offencesNovember 2017: 154 offencesDecember 2017: 146 offencesJanuary 2018: 150 offencesFebruary 2018: 116 offencesMarch 2018: 101 offencesApril 2018: 115 offencesMay 2018: 187 offencesJune 2018: 190 offencesJuly 2018: 160 offencesAugust 2018: 114 offencesSeptember 2018: 81 offencesOctober 2018: 127 offencesNovember 2018: 134 offencesDecember 2018: 119 offencesJanuary 2019: 130 offencesFebruary 2019: 119 offencesMarch 2019: 107 offencesApril 2019: 134 offencesMay 2019: 157 offencesJune 2019: 142 offencesJuly 2019: 168 offencesAugust 2019: 143 offencesSeptember 2019: 150 offencesOctober 2019: 171 offencesNovember 2019: 138 offencesDecember 2019: 150 offencesJanuary 2020: 151 offencesFebruary 2020: 124 offencesMarch 2020: 158 offencesApril 2020: 62 offencesMay 2020: 79 offencesJune 2020: 77 offencesJuly 2020: 145 offencesAugust 2020: 117 offencesSeptember 2020: 113 offencesOctober 2020: 106 offencesNovember 2020: 99 offencesDecember 2020: 76 offencesJanuary 2021: 100 offencesFebruary 2021: 71 offencesMarch 2021: 113 offencesApril 2021: 67 offencesMay 2021: 89 offencesJune 2021: 115 offencesJuly 2021: 78 offencesAugust 2021: 99 offencesSeptember 2021: 115 offencesOctober 2021: 134 offencesNovember 2021: 121 offencesDecember 2021: 112 offencesJanuary 2022: 105 offencesFebruary 2022: 108 offencesMarch 2022: 120 offencesApril 2022: 136 offencesMay 2022: 173 offencesJune 2022: 180 offencesJuly 2022: 184 offencesAugust 2022: 194 offencesSeptember 2022: 191 offencesOctober 2022: 178 offencesNovember 2022: 221 offencesDecember 2022: 144 offencesJanuary 2023: 174 offencesFebruary 2023: 180 offencesMarch 2023: 159 offencesJuly 2023: 197 offencesAugust 2023: 173 offencesSeptember 2023: 188 offencesOctober 2023: 176 offencesNovember 2023: 156 offencesDecember 2023: 165 offencesJanuary 2024: 182 offencesFebruary 2024: 207 offencesMarch 2024: 244 offencesApril 2024: 277 offencesMay 2024: 171 offencesJune 2024: 233 offencesJuly 2024: 209 offencesAugust 2024: 203 offencesSeptember 2024: 243 offencesOctober 2024: 221 offencesNovember 2024: 243 offencesDecember 2024: 181 offencesJanuary 2025: 184 offencesFebruary 2025: 195 offencesMarch 2025: 190 offencesApril 2025: 161 offencesMay 2025: 200 offencesJune 2025: 205 offencesJuly 2025: 183 offencesAugust 2025: 175 offencesSeptember 2025: 226 offencesOctober 2025: 205 offencesNovember 2025: 250 offencesDecember 2025: 174 offencesJanuary 2026: 184 offencesFebruary 2026: 184 offencesMarch 2026: 204 offencesApril 2026: 133 offencesMay 2026: 207 offencesJune 2026: 177 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 Lincoln

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