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Shoplifting in York

12 months to June 2026

10.1per 1,000 residents

Police recorded 2,115 shoplifting offences in York in the 12 months to June 2026, down 16.8% (427) on the previous 12 months. That is 10.1 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, 209,118

Monthly, September 2011 to June 2026

Monthly recorded offences: September 2011 to June 2026CoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour0100200201520202025September 2011: 109 offencesOctober 2011: 113 offencesNovember 2011: 117 offencesDecember 2011: 163 offencesJanuary 2012: 140 offencesFebruary 2012: 105 offencesMarch 2012: 136 offencesApril 2012: 157 offencesMay 2012: 121 offencesJune 2012: 132 offencesJuly 2012: 134 offencesAugust 2012: 134 offencesSeptember 2012: 136 offencesOctober 2012: 147 offencesNovember 2012: 146 offencesDecember 2012: 112 offencesJanuary 2013: 109 offencesFebruary 2013: 150 offencesMarch 2013: 117 offencesApril 2013: 113 offencesMay 2013: 133 offencesJune 2013: 149 offencesJuly 2013: 106 offencesAugust 2013: 138 offencesSeptember 2013: 104 offencesOctober 2013: 109 offencesNovember 2013: 137 offencesDecember 2013: 135 offencesJanuary 2014: 115 offencesFebruary 2014: 155 offencesMarch 2014: 232 offencesApril 2014: 154 offencesMay 2014: 143 offencesJune 2014: 133 offencesJuly 2014: 129 offencesAugust 2014: 153 offencesSeptember 2014: 125 offencesOctober 2014: 123 offencesNovember 2014: 112 offencesDecember 2014: 137 offencesJanuary 2015: 118 offencesFebruary 2015: 118 offencesMarch 2015: 128 offencesApril 2015: 112 offencesMay 2015: 127 offencesJune 2015: 92 offencesJuly 2015: 130 offencesAugust 2015: 155 offencesSeptember 2015: 106 offencesOctober 2015: 148 offencesNovember 2015: 129 offencesDecember 2015: 108 offencesJanuary 2016: 107 offencesFebruary 2016: 121 offencesMarch 2016: 157 offencesApril 2016: 121 offencesMay 2016: 142 offencesJune 2016: 137 offencesJuly 2016: 119 offencesAugust 2016: 146 offencesSeptember 2016: 105 offencesOctober 2016: 114 offencesNovember 2016: 122 offencesDecember 2016: 123 offencesJanuary 2017: 99 offencesFebruary 2017: 132 offencesMarch 2017: 142 offencesApril 2017: 190 offencesMay 2017: 167 offencesJune 2017: 140 offencesJuly 2017: 170 offencesAugust 2017: 177 offencesSeptember 2017: 160 offencesOctober 2017: 125 offencesNovember 2017: 187 offencesDecember 2017: 122 offencesJanuary 2018: 161 offencesFebruary 2018: 112 offencesMarch 2018: 142 offencesApril 2018: 147 offencesMay 2018: 123 offencesJune 2018: 128 offencesJuly 2018: 129 offencesAugust 2018: 131 offencesSeptember 2018: 128 offencesOctober 2018: 142 offencesNovember 2018: 131 offencesDecember 2018: 134 offencesJanuary 2019: 141 offencesFebruary 2019: 143 offencesMarch 2019: 197 offencesApril 2019: 165 offencesMay 2019: 183 offencesJune 2019: 147 offencesJuly 2019: 138 offencesAugust 2019: 166 offencesSeptember 2019: 125 offencesOctober 2019: 150 offencesNovember 2019: 138 offencesDecember 2019: 143 offencesJanuary 2020: 115 offencesFebruary 2020: 137 offencesMarch 2020: 120 offencesApril 2020: 49 offencesMay 2020: 77 offencesJune 2020: 49 offencesJuly 2020: 82 offencesAugust 2020: 97 offencesSeptember 2020: 95 offencesOctober 2020: 85 offencesNovember 2020: 103 offencesDecember 2020: 136 offencesJanuary 2021: 87 offencesFebruary 2021: 62 offencesMarch 2021: 88 offencesApril 2021: 104 offencesMay 2021: 114 offencesJune 2021: 79 offencesJuly 2021: 109 offencesAugust 2021: 109 offencesSeptember 2021: 99 offencesOctober 2021: 134 offencesNovember 2021: 124 offencesDecember 2021: 112 offencesJanuary 2022: 102 offencesFebruary 2022: 93 offencesMarch 2022: 102 offencesApril 2022: 114 offencesMay 2022: 188 offencesJune 2022: 119 offencesJuly 2022: 109 offencesAugust 2022: 119 offencesSeptember 2022: 96 offencesOctober 2022: 106 offencesNovember 2022: 118 offencesDecember 2022: 83 offencesJanuary 2023: 158 offencesFebruary 2023: 160 offencesMarch 2023: 151 offencesApril 2023: 168 offencesMay 2023: 184 offencesJune 2023: 124 offencesJuly 2023: 167 offencesAugust 2023: 170 offencesSeptember 2023: 189 offencesOctober 2023: 209 offencesNovember 2023: 245 offencesDecember 2023: 197 offencesJanuary 2024: 178 offencesFebruary 2024: 178 offencesMarch 2024: 216 offencesApril 2024: 202 offencesMay 2024: 212 offencesJune 2024: 202 offencesJuly 2024: 203 offencesAugust 2024: 269 offencesSeptember 2024: 216 offencesOctober 2024: 241 offencesNovember 2024: 213 offencesDecember 2024: 201 offencesJanuary 2025: 235 offencesFebruary 2025: 184 offencesMarch 2025: 226 offencesApril 2025: 209 offencesMay 2025: 177 offencesJune 2025: 168 offencesJuly 2025: 156 offencesAugust 2025: 190 offencesSeptember 2025: 178 offencesOctober 2025: 173 offencesNovember 2025: 158 offencesDecember 2025: 143 offencesJanuary 2026: 147 offencesFebruary 2026: 169 offencesMarch 2026: 147 offencesApril 2026: 207 offencesMay 2026: 221 offencesJune 2026: 226 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 York

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