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<p>The Home Office collects information on the number of recorded offences for shoplifting and their investigative outcomes from police forces in England and Wales. These can be accessed here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-recorded-crime-open-data-tables" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-recorded-crime-open-data-tables</a></p><p>Data for the Preston Community Safety Partnership Area and England can be found in the table below:</p><p><em>Number of recorded offences of shoplifting and charges, by calendar year:</em></p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p>Recorded Crimes</p></td><td colspan="3"><p>Charges</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>2022</p></td><td><p>2020</p></td><td><p>2021</p></td><td><p>2022</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Preston</p></td><td><p>735</p></td><td><p>898</p></td><td><p>1,214</p></td><td><p>93</p></td><td><p>64</p></td><td><p>102</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England*</p></td><td><p>240,157</p></td><td><p>238,097</p></td><td><p>291,120</p></td><td><p>45,604</p></td><td><p>35,381</p></td><td><p>43,592</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>* - Figures for England exclude Devon & Cornwall and British Transport Police</em></p><p>The Ministry of Justice publishes data on the number of convictions for the offence ’46 Theft from shops’ in the Outcomes by Offence data tool: December 2022, which can be accessed here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2022" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/criminal-justice-system-statistics-quarterly-december-2022</a></p><p>Information about the number of convictions by Community Safety Partnership (CSP) is not available. Police Force Area-level breakdowns are available in this tool, though note this will relate to the location of the convicting court which differ from where the offence took place.</p><p>The Home Office collects and publishes data on arrests made by police forces in England and Wales, these are available here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-powers-and-procedures-stop-and-search-and-arrests-england-and-wales-year-ending-31-march-2022" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-powers-and-procedures-stop-and-search-and-arrests-england-and-wales-year-ending-31-march-2022</a></p><p>However, these data are only collected and published at the broader offence level, for example 'theft offences', therefore more detailed breakdowns such as 'shoplifting' are not available.</p> |