Police-recorded · Portsmouth · Hampshire Constabulary

Shoplifting in Portsmouth

12 months to June 2026

13.5per 1,000 residents

Police recorded 2,865 shoplifting offences in Portsmouth in the 12 months to June 2026, down 2.0% (59) on the previous 12 months. That is 13.5 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, 211,475

Monthly, September 2011 to June 2026

Monthly recorded offences: September 2011 to June 2026CoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour0200400201520202025September 2011: 262 offencesOctober 2011: 277 offencesNovember 2011: 263 offencesDecember 2011: 213 offencesJanuary 2012: 248 offencesFebruary 2012: 246 offencesMarch 2012: 247 offencesApril 2012: 252 offencesMay 2012: 252 offencesJune 2012: 233 offencesJuly 2012: 239 offencesAugust 2012: 256 offencesSeptember 2012: 203 offencesOctober 2012: 233 offencesNovember 2012: 188 offencesDecember 2012: 167 offencesJanuary 2013: 198 offencesFebruary 2013: 244 offencesMarch 2013: 164 offencesApril 2013: 264 offencesMay 2013: 190 offencesJune 2013: 202 offencesJuly 2013: 188 offencesAugust 2013: 204 offencesSeptember 2013: 186 offencesOctober 2013: 140 offencesNovember 2013: 175 offencesDecember 2013: 156 offencesJanuary 2014: 174 offencesFebruary 2014: 194 offencesMarch 2014: 202 offencesApril 2014: 168 offencesMay 2014: 160 offencesJune 2014: 193 offencesJuly 2014: 235 offencesAugust 2014: 166 offencesSeptember 2014: 125 offencesOctober 2014: 219 offencesNovember 2014: 168 offencesDecember 2014: 177 offencesJanuary 2015: 181 offencesFebruary 2015: 133 offencesMarch 2015: 193 offencesApril 2015: 191 offencesMay 2015: 142 offencesJune 2015: 189 offencesJuly 2015: 187 offencesAugust 2015: 156 offencesSeptember 2015: 168 offencesOctober 2015: 190 offencesNovember 2015: 173 offencesDecember 2015: 207 offencesJanuary 2016: 166 offencesFebruary 2016: 225 offencesMarch 2016: 225 offencesApril 2016: 238 offencesMay 2016: 199 offencesJune 2016: 212 offencesJuly 2016: 196 offencesAugust 2016: 213 offencesSeptember 2016: 230 offencesOctober 2016: 217 offencesNovember 2016: 200 offencesDecember 2016: 196 offencesJanuary 2017: 217 offencesFebruary 2017: 190 offencesMarch 2017: 234 offencesApril 2017: 173 offencesMay 2017: 231 offencesJune 2017: 252 offencesJuly 2017: 294 offencesAugust 2017: 289 offencesSeptember 2017: 263 offencesOctober 2017: 286 offencesNovember 2017: 256 offencesDecember 2017: 207 offencesJanuary 2018: 190 offencesFebruary 2018: 188 offencesMarch 2018: 217 offencesApril 2018: 223 offencesMay 2018: 191 offencesJune 2018: 180 offencesJuly 2018: 197 offencesAugust 2018: 201 offencesSeptember 2018: 200 offencesOctober 2018: 218 offencesNovember 2018: 199 offencesDecember 2018: 147 offencesJanuary 2019: 157 offencesFebruary 2019: 166 offencesMarch 2019: 188 offencesApril 2019: 136 offencesMay 2019: 118 offencesJune 2019: 141 offencesJuly 2019: 182 offencesAugust 2019: 202 offencesSeptember 2019: 172 offencesOctober 2019: 204 offencesNovember 2019: 218 offencesDecember 2019: 180 offencesJanuary 2020: 196 offencesFebruary 2020: 184 offencesMarch 2020: 137 offencesApril 2020: 55 offencesMay 2020: 92 offencesJune 2020: 157 offencesJuly 2020: 257 offencesAugust 2020: 410 offencesSeptember 2020: 312 offencesOctober 2020: 226 offencesNovember 2020: 240 offencesDecember 2020: 163 offencesJanuary 2021: 189 offencesFebruary 2021: 227 offencesMarch 2021: 263 offencesApril 2021: 198 offencesMay 2021: 259 offencesJune 2021: 267 offencesJuly 2021: 147 offencesAugust 2021: 269 offencesSeptember 2021: 235 offencesOctober 2021: 188 offencesNovember 2021: 194 offencesDecember 2021: 262 offencesJanuary 2022: 167 offencesFebruary 2022: 93 offencesMarch 2022: 160 offencesApril 2022: 139 offencesMay 2022: 134 offencesJune 2022: 91 offencesJuly 2022: 146 offencesAugust 2022: 157 offencesSeptember 2022: 118 offencesOctober 2022: 152 offencesNovember 2022: 151 offencesDecember 2022: 174 offencesJanuary 2023: 184 offencesFebruary 2023: 255 offencesMarch 2023: 276 offencesApril 2023: 223 offencesMay 2023: 249 offencesJune 2023: 228 offencesJuly 2023: 323 offencesAugust 2023: 231 offencesSeptember 2023: 193 offencesOctober 2023: 188 offencesNovember 2023: 199 offencesDecember 2023: 136 offencesJanuary 2024: 201 offencesFebruary 2024: 192 offencesMarch 2024: 216 offencesApril 2024: 223 offencesMay 2024: 168 offencesJune 2024: 194 offencesJuly 2024: 259 offencesAugust 2024: 266 offencesSeptember 2024: 241 offencesOctober 2024: 193 offencesNovember 2024: 231 offencesDecember 2024: 239 offencesJanuary 2025: 219 offencesFebruary 2025: 234 offencesMarch 2025: 262 offencesApril 2025: 257 offencesMay 2025: 279 offencesJune 2025: 244 offencesJuly 2025: 216 offencesAugust 2025: 137 offencesSeptember 2025: 251 offencesOctober 2025: 225 offencesNovember 2025: 277 offencesDecember 2025: 264 offencesJanuary 2026: 285 offencesFebruary 2026: 219 offencesMarch 2026: 203 offencesApril 2026: 254 offencesMay 2026: 282 offencesJune 2026: 252 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 Portsmouth

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