The worst shoplifting hotspots in Avon and Somerset police area revealed, including Bristol 🚨
and on Freeview 262 or Freely 565
The business insurance experts at Bionic contacted all 45 police forces in the UK to request 2023 shoplifting data, including the number of crimes logged, the months they occurred and the locations.


Avon and Somerset came in 8th for the police forces with the highest shoplifting rate with 8.5 shoplifting crimes per 1,000 people.
Advertisement
Hide AdAdvertisement
Hide AdThe shoplifting rate per 1000 people in the police area was 19 per cent higher than the national average of 7.1 crimes per 1000 people.
The location which logged the most shoplifting crimes was Bristol - 38 per cent of all shoplifting crimes in the police area were logged in Bristol (5,622 crimes).
The worst month for shoplifting was August (1426 crimes logged) while January was the month with the least logged crimes (992 crimes logged).
Advertisement
Hide AdAdvertisement
Hide AdREAD NEXT: The 18 worst areas in Bristol for burglaries - according to latest Avon & Somerset Police figures
Here are the six unitary authorities within the Avon and Somerset area in order of the number of logged shoplifting crimes in 2023.
- Bristol: 5,622
- South Gloucestershire: 1,965
- North Somerset: 1,347
- Bath & Somerset: 1,331
- South Somerset: 915
- Sedgemoor: 777
Across the whole of the UK, the research found 433,042 shoplifting crimes were logged throughout 2023, marking a 26 per cent increase in cases compared to the previous year.
7.1 shoplifting crimes were logged per 1,000 people on average, up from 5.7 in 2022.