Shoplifting: Sentencing
Commons · Question 28079 · Tabled 8 Sep 2026 · Ministry of Justice · Official record
Answered 11 Sep 2026
Question
Asked by Nick Timothy
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many convicted shoplifters and what percentage of convicted shoplifters avoided an immediate custodial sentence for shoplifting in the past two years.
Answer
Answered by Jake Richards, 11 Sep 2026
The Ministry of Justice publishes statistics on convictions and sentencing outcomes for a wide range of offences in the Outcome by Offences Tool, including theft from shops. This can be downloaded from the Criminal Justice Statistics landing page here: Cr...