Police-recorded · Wirral · Merseyside Police

Shoplifting in Wirral

12 months to June 2026

5.0per 1,000 residents

Police recorded 1,642 shoplifting offences in Wirral in the 12 months to June 2026, up 41.3% (480) on the previous 12 months. That is 5.0 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, 329,896

Monthly, September 2011 to June 2026

Monthly recorded offences: September 2011 to June 2026CoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour0100200201520202025September 2011: 125 offencesOctober 2011: 131 offencesNovember 2011: 107 offencesDecember 2011: 115 offencesJanuary 2012: 140 offencesFebruary 2012: 106 offencesMarch 2012: 208 offencesApril 2012: 149 offencesMay 2012: 160 offencesJune 2012: 124 offencesJuly 2012: 181 offencesAugust 2012: 158 offencesSeptember 2012: 175 offencesOctober 2012: 160 offencesNovember 2012: 150 offencesDecember 2012: 171 offencesJanuary 2013: 131 offencesFebruary 2013: 166 offencesMarch 2013: 144 offencesApril 2013: 184 offencesMay 2013: 179 offencesJune 2013: 194 offencesJuly 2013: 214 offencesAugust 2013: 155 offencesSeptember 2013: 225 offencesOctober 2013: 151 offencesNovember 2013: 168 offencesDecember 2013: 163 offencesJanuary 2014: 177 offencesFebruary 2014: 170 offencesMarch 2014: 231 offencesApril 2014: 179 offencesMay 2014: 214 offencesJune 2014: 173 offencesJuly 2014: 182 offencesAugust 2014: 215 offencesSeptember 2014: 197 offencesOctober 2014: 191 offencesNovember 2014: 189 offencesDecember 2014: 154 offencesJanuary 2015: 142 offencesFebruary 2015: 177 offencesMarch 2015: 138 offencesApril 2015: 199 offencesMay 2015: 177 offencesJune 2015: 187 offencesJuly 2015: 183 offencesAugust 2015: 170 offencesSeptember 2015: 199 offencesOctober 2015: 163 offencesNovember 2015: 134 offencesDecember 2015: 120 offencesJanuary 2016: 170 offencesFebruary 2016: 182 offencesMarch 2016: 158 offencesApril 2016: 176 offencesMay 2016: 170 offencesJune 2016: 157 offencesJuly 2016: 140 offencesAugust 2016: 193 offencesSeptember 2016: 172 offencesOctober 2016: 172 offencesNovember 2016: 199 offencesDecember 2016: 169 offencesJanuary 2017: 195 offencesFebruary 2017: 228 offencesMarch 2017: 217 offencesApril 2017: 172 offencesMay 2017: 221 offencesJune 2017: 135 offencesJuly 2017: 163 offencesAugust 2017: 167 offencesSeptember 2017: 133 offencesOctober 2017: 138 offencesNovember 2017: 137 offencesDecember 2017: 115 offencesJanuary 2018: 143 offencesFebruary 2018: 113 offencesMarch 2018: 125 offencesApril 2018: 139 offencesMay 2018: 128 offencesJune 2018: 137 offencesJuly 2018: 118 offencesAugust 2018: 145 offencesSeptember 2018: 124 offencesOctober 2018: 143 offencesNovember 2018: 124 offencesDecember 2018: 107 offencesJanuary 2019: 120 offencesFebruary 2019: 138 offencesMarch 2019: 139 offencesApril 2019: 136 offencesMay 2019: 156 offencesJune 2019: 129 offencesJuly 2019: 130 offencesAugust 2019: 143 offencesSeptember 2019: 130 offencesOctober 2019: 126 offencesNovember 2019: 117 offencesDecember 2019: 120 offencesJanuary 2020: 141 offencesFebruary 2020: 163 offencesMarch 2020: 136 offencesApril 2020: 86 offencesMay 2020: 77 offencesJune 2020: 80 offencesJuly 2020: 77 offencesAugust 2020: 93 offencesSeptember 2020: 107 offencesOctober 2020: 60 offencesNovember 2020: 94 offencesDecember 2020: 72 offencesJanuary 2021: 69 offencesFebruary 2021: 76 offencesMarch 2021: 71 offencesApril 2021: 60 offencesMay 2021: 85 offencesJune 2021: 70 offencesJuly 2021: 63 offencesAugust 2021: 76 offencesSeptember 2021: 83 offencesOctober 2021: 88 offencesNovember 2021: 93 offencesDecember 2021: 75 offencesJanuary 2022: 79 offencesFebruary 2022: 75 offencesMarch 2022: 126 offencesApril 2022: 124 offencesMay 2022: 124 offencesJune 2022: 128 offencesJuly 2022: 89 offencesAugust 2022: 86 offencesSeptember 2022: 82 offencesOctober 2022: 120 offencesNovember 2022: 103 offencesDecember 2022: 77 offencesJanuary 2023: 93 offencesFebruary 2023: 109 offencesMarch 2023: 107 offencesApril 2023: 100 offencesMay 2023: 106 offencesJune 2023: 89 offencesJuly 2023: 108 offencesAugust 2023: 108 offencesSeptember 2023: 120 offencesOctober 2023: 123 offencesNovember 2023: 87 offencesDecember 2023: 77 offencesJanuary 2024: 114 offencesFebruary 2024: 101 offencesMarch 2024: 134 offencesApril 2024: 115 offencesMay 2024: 103 offencesJune 2024: 95 offencesJuly 2024: 124 offencesAugust 2024: 93 offencesSeptember 2024: 96 offencesOctober 2024: 89 offencesNovember 2024: 74 offencesDecember 2024: 64 offencesJanuary 2025: 67 offencesFebruary 2025: 78 offencesMarch 2025: 107 offencesApril 2025: 128 offencesMay 2025: 147 offencesJune 2025: 95 offencesJuly 2025: 79 offencesAugust 2025: 124 offencesSeptember 2025: 105 offencesOctober 2025: 120 offencesNovember 2025: 131 offencesDecember 2025: 132 offencesJanuary 2026: 119 offencesFebruary 2026: 177 offencesMarch 2026: 193 offencesApril 2026: 139 offencesMay 2026: 172 offencesJune 2026: 151 offences

Offences recorded in this category each month, from the street-level archivePublished valueProvisional or revisedLatestShaded bands: governments (see labels)Hover or use arrow keys to read a value

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 Wirral

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