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Shoplifting in Sunderland

12 months to June 2026

12.0per 1,000 residents

Police recorded 3,454 shoplifting offences in Sunderland in the 12 months to June 2026, up 2.0% (69) on the previous 12 months. That is 12.0 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, 287,070

Monthly, September 2011 to June 2026

Monthly recorded offences: September 2011 to June 2026CoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour0100200300201520202025September 2011: 179 offencesOctober 2011: 153 offencesNovember 2011: 230 offencesDecember 2011: 176 offencesJanuary 2012: 169 offencesFebruary 2012: 174 offencesMarch 2012: 198 offencesApril 2012: 173 offencesMay 2012: 191 offencesJune 2012: 118 offencesJuly 2012: 141 offencesAugust 2012: 175 offencesSeptember 2012: 139 offencesOctober 2012: 157 offencesNovember 2012: 162 offencesDecember 2012: 118 offencesJanuary 2013: 185 offencesFebruary 2013: 123 offencesMarch 2013: 146 offencesApril 2013: 163 offencesMay 2013: 135 offencesJune 2013: 147 offencesJuly 2013: 154 offencesAugust 2013: 188 offencesSeptember 2013: 158 offencesOctober 2013: 179 offencesNovember 2013: 224 offencesDecember 2013: 141 offencesJanuary 2014: 170 offencesFebruary 2014: 166 offencesMarch 2014: 187 offencesApril 2014: 151 offencesMay 2014: 177 offencesJune 2014: 166 offencesJuly 2014: 159 offencesAugust 2014: 156 offencesSeptember 2014: 163 offencesOctober 2014: 149 offencesNovember 2014: 191 offencesDecember 2014: 166 offencesJanuary 2015: 127 offencesFebruary 2015: 142 offencesMarch 2015: 164 offencesApril 2015: 210 offencesMay 2015: 152 offencesJune 2015: 137 offencesJuly 2015: 121 offencesAugust 2015: 185 offencesSeptember 2015: 159 offencesOctober 2015: 184 offencesNovember 2015: 156 offencesDecember 2015: 178 offencesJanuary 2016: 181 offencesFebruary 2016: 195 offencesMarch 2016: 197 offencesApril 2016: 176 offencesMay 2016: 177 offencesJune 2016: 173 offencesJuly 2016: 162 offencesAugust 2016: 195 offencesSeptember 2016: 223 offencesOctober 2016: 152 offencesNovember 2016: 212 offencesDecember 2016: 173 offencesJanuary 2017: 198 offencesFebruary 2017: 205 offencesMarch 2017: 222 offencesApril 2017: 227 offencesMay 2017: 274 offencesJune 2017: 218 offencesJuly 2017: 181 offencesAugust 2017: 295 offencesSeptember 2017: 268 offencesOctober 2017: 254 offencesNovember 2017: 232 offencesDecember 2017: 239 offencesJanuary 2018: 238 offencesFebruary 2018: 232 offencesMarch 2018: 260 offencesApril 2018: 239 offencesMay 2018: 271 offencesJune 2018: 252 offencesJuly 2018: 262 offencesAugust 2018: 214 offencesSeptember 2018: 195 offencesOctober 2018: 233 offencesNovember 2018: 243 offencesDecember 2018: 192 offencesJanuary 2019: 198 offencesFebruary 2019: 278 offencesMarch 2019: 292 offencesApril 2019: 237 offencesMay 2019: 269 offencesJune 2019: 287 offencesJuly 2019: 271 offencesAugust 2019: 253 offencesSeptember 2019: 221 offencesOctober 2019: 211 offencesNovember 2019: 219 offencesDecember 2019: 170 offencesJanuary 2020: 248 offencesFebruary 2020: 238 offencesMarch 2020: 187 offencesApril 2020: 90 offencesMay 2020: 102 offencesJune 2020: 94 offencesJuly 2020: 147 offencesAugust 2020: 130 offencesSeptember 2020: 213 offencesOctober 2020: 177 offencesNovember 2020: 152 offencesDecember 2020: 172 offencesJanuary 2021: 138 offencesFebruary 2021: 132 offencesMarch 2021: 150 offencesApril 2021: 123 offencesMay 2021: 167 offencesJune 2021: 146 offencesJuly 2021: 97 offencesAugust 2021: 115 offencesSeptember 2021: 145 offencesOctober 2021: 176 offencesNovember 2021: 159 offencesDecember 2021: 123 offencesJanuary 2022: 141 offencesFebruary 2022: 143 offencesMarch 2022: 155 offencesApril 2022: 149 offencesMay 2022: 147 offencesJune 2022: 131 offencesJuly 2022: 137 offencesAugust 2022: 199 offencesSeptember 2022: 142 offencesOctober 2022: 233 offencesNovember 2022: 188 offencesDecember 2022: 143 offencesJanuary 2023: 203 offencesFebruary 2023: 278 offencesMarch 2023: 382 offencesApril 2023: 277 offencesMay 2023: 279 offencesJune 2023: 283 offencesJuly 2023: 281 offencesAugust 2023: 300 offencesSeptember 2023: 298 offencesOctober 2023: 263 offencesNovember 2023: 246 offencesDecember 2023: 195 offencesJanuary 2024: 255 offencesFebruary 2024: 205 offencesMarch 2024: 251 offencesApril 2024: 254 offencesMay 2024: 321 offencesJune 2024: 278 offencesJuly 2024: 368 offencesAugust 2024: 224 offencesSeptember 2024: 243 offencesOctober 2024: 309 offencesNovember 2024: 290 offencesDecember 2024: 247 offencesJanuary 2025: 240 offencesFebruary 2025: 220 offencesMarch 2025: 295 offencesApril 2025: 288 offencesMay 2025: 366 offencesJune 2025: 295 offencesJuly 2025: 251 offencesAugust 2025: 288 offencesSeptember 2025: 363 offencesOctober 2025: 377 offencesNovember 2025: 330 offencesDecember 2025: 312 offencesJanuary 2026: 60 offencesFebruary 2026: 168 offencesMarch 2026: 275 offencesApril 2026: 324 offencesMay 2026: 397 offencesJune 2026: 309 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 Sunderland

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