November 17, 2025 | Incident and Crime Statistics , Burglary and Theft
Request Number: FOI/16058
Category: Incident and Crime Statistics - Theft
Subject: Shoplifting Data
Request and Answer:
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Question
I would like to know how many shoplifting offences and how many total theft offences were reported from Jan 1, 2025 to October 17, 2025 and in 2024, 2023, and 2022? Please provide these statistics broken down by year as listed above.
Answer
Section 17(1) of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 requires the Police Service of Northern Ireland, when refusing to provide such information (because the information is exempt) to provide you the applicant with a notice which:
(a) states that fact,
(b) specifies the exemption in question and
(c) states (if not otherwise apparent) why the exemption applies
The following exemption has been applied:
Section 21 – Information Reasonably Accessible by Other Means
Monthly figures for Theft and Shoplifting are available for the latest 24 months in the pivot tables in the spreadsheet which accompanies our monthly Police Recorded crime Update bulletins. These currently cover up to 31st August 2025. Figures on a financial year basis are published in the spreadsheet which accompanies our end of year Police Recorded Crime Update to 31st March 2025 bulletin. Both of these publications are available on the PSNI website:
The full text of exemptions can be found at www.legislation.gov.uk and further guidance on how they operate can be located on the Information Commissioners Office website www.ico.org.uk