Police-recorded · North Devon · Devon & Cornwall Police

Shoplifting in North Devon

12 months to June 2026

6.8per 1,000 residents

Police recorded 689 shoplifting offences in North Devon in the 12 months to June 2026, up 0.3% (2) on the previous 12 months. That is 6.8 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, 101,281

Monthly, September 2011 to June 2026

Monthly recorded offences: September 2011 to June 2026CoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour0255075201520202025September 2011: 31 offencesOctober 2011: 34 offencesNovember 2011: 37 offencesDecember 2011: 33 offencesJanuary 2012: 51 offencesFebruary 2012: 33 offencesMarch 2012: 49 offencesApril 2012: 33 offencesMay 2012: 29 offencesJune 2012: 32 offencesJuly 2012: 41 offencesAugust 2012: 31 offencesSeptember 2012: 29 offencesOctober 2012: 35 offencesNovember 2012: 35 offencesDecember 2012: 31 offencesJanuary 2013: 17 offencesFebruary 2013: 22 offencesMarch 2013: 44 offencesApril 2013: 49 offencesMay 2013: 33 offencesJune 2013: 22 offencesJuly 2013: 39 offencesAugust 2013: 32 offencesSeptember 2013: 22 offencesOctober 2013: 37 offencesNovember 2013: 35 offencesDecember 2013: 26 offencesJanuary 2014: 47 offencesFebruary 2014: 28 offencesMarch 2014: 30 offencesApril 2014: 28 offencesMay 2014: 35 offencesJune 2014: 26 offencesJuly 2014: 39 offencesAugust 2014: 31 offencesSeptember 2014: 33 offencesOctober 2014: 31 offencesNovember 2014: 29 offencesDecember 2014: 28 offencesJanuary 2015: 21 offencesFebruary 2015: 38 offencesMarch 2015: 47 offencesApril 2015: 22 offencesMay 2015: 34 offencesJune 2015: 48 offencesJuly 2015: 35 offencesAugust 2015: 29 offencesSeptember 2015: 29 offencesOctober 2015: 46 offencesNovember 2015: 63 offencesDecember 2015: 39 offencesJanuary 2016: 37 offencesFebruary 2016: 44 offencesMarch 2016: 21 offencesApril 2016: 29 offencesMay 2016: 32 offencesJune 2016: 33 offencesJuly 2016: 42 offencesAugust 2016: 34 offencesSeptember 2016: 29 offencesOctober 2016: 41 offencesNovember 2016: 31 offencesDecember 2016: 16 offencesJanuary 2017: 23 offencesFebruary 2017: 45 offencesMarch 2017: 36 offencesApril 2017: 27 offencesMay 2017: 38 offencesJune 2017: 51 offencesJuly 2017: 28 offencesAugust 2017: 23 offencesSeptember 2017: 38 offencesOctober 2017: 36 offencesNovember 2017: 40 offencesDecember 2017: 44 offencesJanuary 2018: 41 offencesFebruary 2018: 51 offencesMarch 2018: 32 offencesApril 2018: 19 offencesMay 2018: 40 offencesJune 2018: 36 offencesJuly 2018: 27 offencesAugust 2018: 40 offencesSeptember 2018: 58 offencesOctober 2018: 48 offencesNovember 2018: 46 offencesDecember 2018: 27 offencesJanuary 2019: 33 offencesFebruary 2019: 18 offencesMarch 2019: 28 offencesApril 2019: 29 offencesMay 2019: 17 offencesJune 2019: 17 offencesJuly 2019: 43 offencesAugust 2019: 25 offencesSeptember 2019: 29 offencesOctober 2019: 41 offencesNovember 2019: 38 offencesDecember 2019: 28 offencesJanuary 2020: 20 offencesFebruary 2020: 23 offencesMarch 2020: 16 offencesApril 2020: 11 offencesMay 2020: 16 offencesJune 2020: 8 offencesJuly 2020: 8 offencesAugust 2020: 13 offencesSeptember 2020: 15 offencesOctober 2020: 33 offencesNovember 2020: 24 offencesDecember 2020: 15 offencesJanuary 2021: 7 offencesFebruary 2021: 11 offencesMarch 2021: 21 offencesApril 2021: 17 offencesMay 2021: 14 offencesJune 2021: 32 offencesJuly 2021: 19 offencesAugust 2021: 16 offencesSeptember 2021: 28 offencesOctober 2021: 55 offencesNovember 2021: 34 offencesDecember 2021: 34 offencesJanuary 2022: 37 offencesFebruary 2022: 29 offencesMarch 2022: 33 offencesApril 2022: 31 offencesMay 2022: 34 offencesJune 2022: 32 offencesJuly 2022: 10 offencesAugust 2022: 34 offencesSeptember 2022: 19 offencesOctober 2022: 23 offencesJuly 2023: 19 offencesAugust 2023: 21 offencesSeptember 2023: 31 offencesOctober 2023: 29 offencesNovember 2023: 24 offencesDecember 2023: 40 offencesJanuary 2024: 42 offencesFebruary 2024: 29 offencesMarch 2024: 37 offencesApril 2024: 47 offencesMay 2024: 48 offencesJune 2024: 48 offencesJuly 2024: 40 offencesAugust 2024: 48 offencesSeptember 2024: 53 offencesOctober 2024: 68 offencesNovember 2024: 62 offencesDecember 2024: 77 offencesJanuary 2025: 48 offencesFebruary 2025: 48 offencesMarch 2025: 53 offencesApril 2025: 60 offencesMay 2025: 82 offencesJune 2025: 48 offencesJuly 2025: 69 offencesAugust 2025: 87 offencesSeptember 2025: 82 offencesOctober 2025: 49 offencesNovember 2025: 30 offencesDecember 2025: 42 offencesJanuary 2026: 28 offencesFebruary 2026: 65 offencesMarch 2026: 55 offencesApril 2026: 53 offencesMay 2026: 58 offencesJune 2026: 71 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 201131 offences
October 201134 offences
November 201137 offences
December 201133 offences
January 201251 offences
February 201233 offences
March 201249 offences
April 201233 offences
May 201229 offences
June 201232 offences
July 201241 offences
August 201231 offences
September 201229 offences
October 201235 offences
November 201235 offences
December 201231 offences
January 201317 offences
February 201322 offences
March 201344 offences
April 201349 offences
May 201333 offences
June 201322 offences
July 201339 offences
August 201332 offences
September 201322 offences
October 201337 offences
November 201335 offences
December 201326 offences
January 201447 offences
February 201428 offences
March 201430 offences
April 201428 offences
May 201435 offences
June 201426 offences
July 201439 offences
August 201431 offences
September 201433 offences
October 201431 offences
November 201429 offences
December 201428 offences
January 201521 offences
February 201538 offences
March 201547 offences
April 201522 offences
May 201534 offences
June 201548 offences
July 201535 offences
August 201529 offences
September 201529 offences
October 201546 offences
November 201563 offences
December 201539 offences
January 201637 offences
February 201644 offences
March 201621 offences
April 201629 offences
May 201632 offences
June 201633 offences
July 201642 offences
August 201634 offences
September 201629 offences
October 201641 offences
November 201631 offences
December 201616 offences
January 201723 offences
February 201745 offences
March 201736 offences
April 201727 offences
May 201738 offences
June 201751 offences
July 201728 offences
August 201723 offences
September 201738 offences
October 201736 offences
November 201740 offences
December 201744 offences
January 201841 offences
February 201851 offences
March 201832 offences
April 201819 offences
May 201840 offences
June 201836 offences
July 201827 offences
August 201840 offences
September 201858 offences
October 201848 offences
November 201846 offences
December 201827 offences
January 201933 offences
February 201918 offences
March 201928 offences
April 201929 offences
May 201917 offences
June 201917 offences
July 201943 offences
August 201925 offences
September 201929 offences
October 201941 offences
November 201938 offences
December 201928 offences
January 202020 offences
February 202023 offences
March 202016 offences
April 202011 offences
May 202016 offences
June 20208 offences
July 20208 offences
August 202013 offences
September 202015 offences
October 202033 offences
November 202024 offences
December 202015 offences
January 20217 offences
February 202111 offences
March 202121 offences
April 202117 offences
May 202114 offences
June 202132 offences
July 202119 offences
August 202116 offences
September 202128 offences
October 202155 offences
November 202134 offences
December 202134 offences
January 202237 offences
February 202229 offences
March 202233 offences
April 202231 offences
May 202234 offences
June 202232 offences
July 202210 offences
August 202234 offences
September 202219 offences
October 202223 offences
July 202319 offences
August 202321 offences
September 202331 offences
October 202329 offences
November 202324 offences
December 202340 offences
January 202442 offences
February 202429 offences
March 202437 offences
April 202447 offences
May 202448 offences
June 202448 offences
July 202440 offences
August 202448 offences
September 202453 offences
October 202468 offences
November 202462 offences
December 202477 offences
January 202548 offences
February 202548 offences
March 202553 offences
April 202560 offences
May 202582 offences
June 202548 offences
July 202569 offences
August 202587 offences
September 202582 offences
October 202549 offences
November 202530 offences
December 202542 offences
January 202628 offences
February 202665 offences
March 202655 offences
April 202653 offences
May 202658 offences
June 202671 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 North Devon

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