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Shoplifting: Arrests

Commons · Question 27670 · Tabled 30 Jan 2025 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 7 Feb 2025

Question

Asked by Lee Anderson

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were (a) arrested and (b) charged for shoplifting offences in 2024.

Answer

Answered by Dame Diana Johnson, 7 Feb 2025

The Home Office collects and publishes information on the number of shoplifting offences, and their investigative outcomes (including those resulting in charged/summons), on a quarterly basis. The latest information, to the year ending September 2024, wer...