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Shoplifting in Southwark

12 months to June 2026

9.6per 1,000 residents

Police recorded 3,014 shoplifting offences in Southwark in the 12 months to June 2026, down 21.8% (838) on the previous 12 months. That is 9.6 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, 312,366

Monthly, September 2011 to June 2026

Monthly recorded offences: September 2011 to June 2026CoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour0200400201520202025September 2011: 96 offencesOctober 2011: 106 offencesNovember 2011: 107 offencesDecember 2011: 92 offencesJanuary 2012: 82 offencesFebruary 2012: 101 offencesMarch 2012: 107 offencesApril 2012: 107 offencesMay 2012: 104 offencesJune 2012: 86 offencesJuly 2012: 89 offencesAugust 2012: 121 offencesSeptember 2012: 69 offencesOctober 2012: 89 offencesNovember 2012: 103 offencesDecember 2012: 99 offencesJanuary 2013: 125 offencesFebruary 2013: 85 offencesMarch 2013: 104 offencesApril 2013: 116 offencesMay 2013: 97 offencesJune 2013: 91 offencesJuly 2013: 97 offencesAugust 2013: 104 offencesSeptember 2013: 89 offencesOctober 2013: 102 offencesNovember 2013: 116 offencesDecember 2013: 89 offencesJanuary 2014: 66 offencesFebruary 2014: 96 offencesMarch 2014: 90 offencesApril 2014: 91 offencesMay 2014: 101 offencesJune 2014: 105 offencesJuly 2014: 102 offencesAugust 2014: 114 offencesSeptember 2014: 114 offencesOctober 2014: 107 offencesNovember 2014: 107 offencesDecember 2014: 110 offencesJanuary 2015: 141 offencesFebruary 2015: 107 offencesMarch 2015: 111 offencesApril 2015: 126 offencesMay 2015: 119 offencesJune 2015: 98 offencesJuly 2015: 105 offencesAugust 2015: 114 offencesSeptember 2015: 120 offencesOctober 2015: 141 offencesNovember 2015: 134 offencesDecember 2015: 117 offencesJanuary 2016: 125 offencesFebruary 2016: 115 offencesMarch 2016: 115 offencesApril 2016: 134 offencesMay 2016: 131 offencesJune 2016: 141 offencesJuly 2016: 122 offencesAugust 2016: 137 offencesSeptember 2016: 134 offencesOctober 2016: 125 offencesNovember 2016: 109 offencesDecember 2016: 114 offencesJanuary 2017: 99 offencesFebruary 2017: 130 offencesMarch 2017: 129 offencesApril 2017: 118 offencesMay 2017: 131 offencesJune 2017: 130 offencesJuly 2017: 116 offencesAugust 2017: 121 offencesSeptember 2017: 114 offencesOctober 2017: 112 offencesNovember 2017: 145 offencesDecember 2017: 97 offencesJanuary 2018: 98 offencesFebruary 2018: 103 offencesMarch 2018: 128 offencesApril 2018: 122 offencesMay 2018: 154 offencesJune 2018: 111 offencesJuly 2018: 144 offencesAugust 2018: 116 offencesSeptember 2018: 125 offencesOctober 2018: 129 offencesNovember 2018: 123 offencesDecember 2018: 93 offencesJanuary 2019: 116 offencesFebruary 2019: 107 offencesMarch 2019: 110 offencesApril 2019: 114 offencesMay 2019: 110 offencesJune 2019: 137 offencesJuly 2019: 99 offencesAugust 2019: 118 offencesSeptember 2019: 90 offencesOctober 2019: 86 offencesNovember 2019: 86 offencesDecember 2019: 94 offencesJanuary 2020: 81 offencesFebruary 2020: 74 offencesMarch 2020: 85 offencesApril 2020: 71 offencesMay 2020: 69 offencesJune 2020: 81 offencesJuly 2020: 114 offencesAugust 2020: 91 offencesSeptember 2020: 76 offencesOctober 2020: 82 offencesNovember 2020: 66 offencesDecember 2020: 71 offencesJanuary 2021: 51 offencesFebruary 2021: 58 offencesMarch 2021: 95 offencesApril 2021: 96 offencesMay 2021: 99 offencesJune 2021: 93 offencesJuly 2021: 97 offencesAugust 2021: 104 offencesSeptember 2021: 90 offencesOctober 2021: 93 offencesNovember 2021: 65 offencesDecember 2021: 61 offencesJanuary 2022: 73 offencesFebruary 2022: 57 offencesMarch 2022: 87 offencesApril 2022: 101 offencesMay 2022: 91 offencesJune 2022: 103 offencesJuly 2022: 119 offencesAugust 2022: 100 offencesSeptember 2022: 99 offencesOctober 2022: 115 offencesNovember 2022: 85 offencesDecember 2022: 64 offencesJanuary 2023: 86 offencesFebruary 2023: 97 offencesMarch 2023: 111 offencesApril 2023: 127 offencesMay 2023: 152 offencesJune 2023: 127 offencesJuly 2023: 150 offencesAugust 2023: 188 offencesSeptember 2023: 177 offencesOctober 2023: 125 offencesNovember 2023: 140 offencesDecember 2023: 117 offencesJanuary 2024: 134 offencesFebruary 2024: 93 offencesMarch 2024: 121 offencesApril 2024: 174 offencesMay 2024: 145 offencesJune 2024: 171 offencesJuly 2024: 238 offencesAugust 2024: 358 offencesSeptember 2024: 490 offencesOctober 2024: 520 offencesNovember 2024: 506 offencesDecember 2024: 349 offencesJanuary 2025: 263 offencesFebruary 2025: 208 offencesMarch 2025: 286 offencesApril 2025: 227 offencesMay 2025: 220 offencesJune 2025: 187 offencesJuly 2025: 209 offencesAugust 2025: 231 offencesSeptember 2025: 246 offencesOctober 2025: 233 offencesNovember 2025: 202 offencesDecember 2025: 209 offencesJanuary 2026: 243 offencesFebruary 2026: 256 offencesMarch 2026: 276 offencesApril 2026: 289 offencesMay 2026: 295 offencesJune 2026: 325 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 Southwark

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