Written Question·Home Office·UIN 27776

Shoplifting: Prosecutions

Tabled: 30 January 2025

Answered: 7 February 2025

Question

James McMurdock

Independent — South Basildon and East Thurrock

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of reported retail crime cases resulted in prosecution in each of the last three years.

Answer

Dame Diana Johnson

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...

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