East of England shoplifting crime statistics

As of December 2025, the annual crime rate in East of England region stands at 7.9 crimes per 1000 people. East of England's current crime levels are at 94% of the national crime rate. Shoplifting crime makes up 8.6% of all crimes reported in the region. The total number of "shoplifting crime" is 44.9k, and this number has increased by 3.3% when compared year-over-year in the period of December 2024 - November 2025.

East of England shoplifting crime statistics Breakdown: Rate, Share, Volume, and Annual Change Compared to England & Wales
East of England region	crime statistic	England & Wales
7.9	annual crime rate per 1k workday people	8.4
94%	ratio of national crime rate	100%
8.6%	share of all crimes	8.3%
44.9k	crimes reported	469k
3.3%	annual change	-0.2%

East of England shoplifting crime rate comparison map

	Crime rate vs. ENG & WLS rate	Crime rate per 1000 workday people	Total number of crimes
Bedfordshire	106%	9	5344
Cambridgeshire	103%	9	7215
Essex	101%	8	13622
Hertfordshire	100%	8	8985
Norfolk	82%	7	5679
Suffolk	66%	6	4039

East of England shoplifting crime rate rank

Crime rate ranking : East of England region has the 3. lowest crime rate out of 9 regions

East of England shoplifting crime rate compared to other regions

The total number of "shoplifting crime" is 44.9k, and this number has increased by 3.3% when compared year-over-year in the period of December 2024 - November 2025. In the graph below, region are compared by crime rate and crime rate percentage change. Crime rate percentage change compares the region crime rate between December 2024 - November 2025 to the region crime rate in the previous 12 months. The size of the circle reflects the number of total crimes reported. The bigger the circle, the higher the number of crimes reported in the region.

+3.3% annual change, crime is increasing

44.9k crimes reported