England and Wales theft offences 2024

In 2022/23, there were approximately 1.72 million theft offences recorded by police forces in England and Wales compared with just under 1.5 million in the previous reporting year.

Number of police recorded theft offences in England and Wales from 2002/03 to 2023/24

Characteristic	Number of offences
2023/24	1,778,305
2022/23	1,723,082
2021/22	1,497,044
2020/21	1,301,450
2019/20	1,928,356
2018/19	2,017,536
2017/18	2,012,133
2016/17	1,872,023
2015/16	1,754,024
2014/15	1,750,607
2013/14	1,845,169
2012/13	1,900,944
2011/12	2,074,779

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July 2024

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United Kingdom (England, Wales)

Survey time period

April 1, 2002 to March 31, 2024

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This statistic is using original data from the Office for National Statistics and includes copyright material from © Crown, licensed under the Open Government License v3.0.

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