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Shoplifting: Convictions

Commons · Question 3498 · Tabled 20 May 2026 · Ministry of Justice · Official record

Answered 1 Jun 2026

Question

Asked by Nick Timothy

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were convicted of more than (a) 25 shoplifting offences, (b) 50 shoplifting offences, (c) 100 shoplifting offences, (d) 150 shoplifting offences and (e) 200 shoplifting offences in the past two ye

Answer

Answered by Jake Richards, 1 Jun 2026

There was one offender with more than 25 but fewer than 50 sentencing occasions where the primary offence was shoplifting across 2024 and 2025. No offenders had 50 or more qualifying sentencing occasions.The sentencing occasions in which shoplifting was r...