Police-recorded · Worcester · West Mercia Police

Shoplifting in Worcester

12 months to June 2026

12.9per 1,000 residents

Police recorded 1,377 shoplifting offences in Worcester in the 12 months to June 2026, down 0.3% (4) on the previous 12 months. That is 12.9 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, 106,954

Monthly, September 2011 to June 2026

Monthly recorded offences: September 2011 to June 2026CoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour050100150201520202025September 2011: 75 offencesOctober 2011: 81 offencesNovember 2011: 84 offencesDecember 2011: 86 offencesJanuary 2012: 78 offencesFebruary 2012: 88 offencesMarch 2012: 94 offencesApril 2012: 71 offencesMay 2012: 75 offencesJune 2012: 105 offencesJuly 2012: 75 offencesAugust 2012: 70 offencesSeptember 2012: 66 offencesOctober 2012: 95 offencesNovember 2012: 76 offencesDecember 2012: 67 offencesJanuary 2013: 76 offencesFebruary 2013: 67 offencesMarch 2013: 90 offencesApril 2013: 72 offencesMay 2013: 82 offencesJune 2013: 78 offencesJuly 2013: 100 offencesAugust 2013: 96 offencesSeptember 2013: 53 offencesOctober 2013: 50 offencesNovember 2013: 80 offencesDecember 2013: 90 offencesJanuary 2014: 83 offencesFebruary 2014: 99 offencesMarch 2014: 99 offencesApril 2014: 71 offencesMay 2014: 81 offencesJune 2014: 68 offencesJuly 2014: 80 offencesAugust 2014: 98 offencesSeptember 2014: 88 offencesOctober 2014: 80 offencesNovember 2014: 58 offencesDecember 2014: 76 offencesJanuary 2015: 80 offencesFebruary 2015: 76 offencesMarch 2015: 78 offencesApril 2015: 71 offencesMay 2015: 129 offencesJune 2015: 75 offencesJuly 2015: 75 offencesAugust 2015: 73 offencesSeptember 2015: 79 offencesOctober 2015: 78 offencesNovember 2015: 89 offencesDecember 2015: 82 offencesJanuary 2016: 87 offencesFebruary 2016: 115 offencesMarch 2016: 83 offencesApril 2016: 98 offencesMay 2016: 105 offencesJune 2016: 119 offencesJuly 2016: 89 offencesAugust 2016: 93 offencesSeptember 2016: 96 offencesOctober 2016: 100 offencesNovember 2016: 110 offencesDecember 2016: 98 offencesJanuary 2017: 76 offencesFebruary 2017: 103 offencesMarch 2017: 113 offencesApril 2017: 114 offencesMay 2017: 91 offencesJune 2017: 104 offencesJuly 2017: 104 offencesAugust 2017: 85 offencesSeptember 2017: 114 offencesOctober 2017: 125 offencesNovember 2017: 121 offencesDecember 2017: 69 offencesJanuary 2018: 69 offencesFebruary 2018: 86 offencesMarch 2018: 67 offencesApril 2018: 85 offencesMay 2018: 95 offencesJune 2018: 96 offencesJuly 2018: 98 offencesAugust 2018: 83 offencesSeptember 2018: 84 offencesOctober 2018: 103 offencesNovember 2018: 94 offencesDecember 2018: 84 offencesJanuary 2019: 66 offencesFebruary 2019: 55 offencesMarch 2019: 78 offencesApril 2019: 59 offencesMay 2019: 99 offencesJune 2019: 76 offencesJuly 2019: 106 offencesAugust 2019: 104 offencesSeptember 2019: 62 offencesOctober 2019: 78 offencesNovember 2019: 82 offencesDecember 2019: 89 offencesJanuary 2020: 71 offencesFebruary 2020: 66 offencesMarch 2020: 67 offencesApril 2020: 41 offencesMay 2020: 49 offencesJune 2020: 66 offencesJuly 2020: 72 offencesAugust 2020: 68 offencesSeptember 2020: 50 offencesOctober 2020: 63 offencesNovember 2020: 45 offencesDecember 2020: 53 offencesJanuary 2021: 47 offencesFebruary 2021: 40 offencesMarch 2021: 53 offencesApril 2021: 61 offencesMay 2021: 64 offencesJune 2021: 78 offencesJuly 2021: 68 offencesAugust 2021: 68 offencesSeptember 2021: 81 offencesOctober 2021: 77 offencesNovember 2021: 91 offencesDecember 2021: 79 offencesJanuary 2022: 85 offencesFebruary 2022: 61 offencesMarch 2022: 81 offencesApril 2022: 82 offencesMay 2022: 80 offencesJune 2022: 96 offencesJuly 2022: 77 offencesAugust 2022: 97 offencesSeptember 2022: 95 offencesOctober 2022: 86 offencesNovember 2022: 87 offencesDecember 2022: 77 offencesJanuary 2023: 121 offencesFebruary 2023: 101 offencesMarch 2023: 93 offencesApril 2023: 140 offencesMay 2023: 151 offencesJune 2023: 138 offencesJuly 2023: 111 offencesAugust 2023: 144 offencesSeptember 2023: 93 offencesOctober 2023: 120 offencesNovember 2023: 85 offencesDecember 2023: 109 offencesJanuary 2024: 99 offencesFebruary 2024: 90 offencesMarch 2024: 97 offencesApril 2024: 125 offencesMay 2024: 161 offencesJune 2024: 126 offencesJuly 2024: 85 offencesAugust 2024: 132 offencesSeptember 2024: 120 offencesOctober 2024: 141 offencesNovember 2024: 132 offencesDecember 2024: 98 offencesJanuary 2025: 103 offencesFebruary 2025: 87 offencesMarch 2025: 123 offencesApril 2025: 150 offencesMay 2025: 103 offencesJune 2025: 107 offencesJuly 2025: 93 offencesAugust 2025: 137 offencesSeptember 2025: 97 offencesOctober 2025: 109 offencesNovember 2025: 110 offencesDecember 2025: 84 offencesJanuary 2026: 137 offencesFebruary 2026: 142 offencesMarch 2026: 110 offencesApril 2026: 135 offencesMay 2026: 109 offencesJune 2026: 114 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 Worcester

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