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Retail Trade: Crime

Asked by James McMurdockIndependentHome OfficeTabled Answered 9 July 2026UIN 15622

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of high-street related crimes in a) England, b) Essex and c) South Basildon and East Thurrock in 2025.

Answered by Sarah Jones

The Home Office does not routinely collect or publish crime statistics for specific location types such as high streets and has therefore not made estimates of the number of high-street related crimes in England, Essex, or South Basildon and East Thurrock in 2025.

The Home Office collects and publishes information on the number of notifiable offences recorded by the police in England and Wales. This information is published as official statistics each quarter. The latest information, to the year ending December 2025, can be accessed here:

Police recorded crime and outcomes open data tables - GOV.UK

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