ONS · police force area: ENGLAND AND WALES

Theft offences (police-recorded): ENGLAND AND WALES

4 periods to Year ending March 2026

3,415,392offences

Theft offences (police-recorded) for ENGLAND AND WALES totalled 3,415,392 offences in the 4 periods to Year ending March 2026.

ONS dataset
Table P1
ENGLAND AND WALES [note 3]
column “Theft offences”
1637773 per period
published 23 July 2026

Year ending March 2025 to Year ending March 2026

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What this measures

The number of police-recorded theft offences in each police force area of England and Wales in the year ending March, with the England and Wales total (which includes British Transport Police).

Fraud (excluded from all sub-national breakdowns), crime that was not reported to the police, regional or national aggregates other than England and Wales, or crime in Scotland and Northern Ireland.

Source

Dataset: Police force area data tables
Release: Year ending March 2026, published 23 July 2026 · sha256 27d7884ef0e07dad…
All values: Theft offences (police-recorded) by police force area