Beverley shoplifting reports nearly doubled: 233 from March to August 2026, against 120 a year earlier. Where they happen and how many end with no suspect.
Shoplifting in central Beverley has nearly doubled this year. Police recorded 233 shoplifting reports within a mile of the town centre between March and August 2026. In the same six months of 2025 there were 120.
August’s figures, published this week, show no sign of it easing. There were 34 shoplifting reports in August 2026, against 15 in August 2025.
The figures come from police.uk, which publishes every crime Humberside Police records, mapped to the nearest street. We downloaded 25 months of them through the data.police.uk API on 4 October, using the same one-mile circle around central Beverley each month. That circle covers Beverley only, not the wider East Riding.
August in numbers
Police recorded 191 crimes and anti-social behaviour reports in the Beverley circle in August 2026. That was 32 more than in August 2025.
| Type | August 2025 | August 2026 |
|---|---|---|
| Violence and sexual offences | 60 | 78 |
| Shoplifting | 15 | 34 |
| Public order | 19 | 21 |
| Anti-social behaviour | 13 | 18 |
| Other theft | 12 | 11 |
| Criminal damage and arson | 18 | 8 |
| Burglary | 6 | 7 |
| Drugs | 1 | 5 |
| Bicycle theft | 3 | 5 |
| Vehicle crime | 3 | 4 |
| Everything else | 9 | 0 |
| Total | 159 | 191 |
Violence and sexual offences were the largest category, at 41 per cent of the month’s total. That category covers everything from common assault and harassment to the most serious offences, and police.uk does not split it further.
A year in Beverley
Over the 12 months to August 2026, police recorded 1,987 crimes and anti-social behaviour reports in the circle. In the 12 months before that there were 1,941, so the total rose by about 2 per cent.
Shoplifting did most of that work. The main changes were:
- Shoplifting: up from 261 to 358, a rise of 37 per cent
- Violence and sexual offences: up from 781 to 807, a rise of 3 per cent
- Criminal damage and arson: down from 157 to 118, a fall of 25 per cent
- Anti-social behaviour: down from 178 to 161, a fall of 10 per cent
- Public order: down from 192 to 177, a fall of 8 per cent
Where the shoplifting is recorded
Police.uk places each report at an anonymised point on or near a street, not at an exact shop. Even so, one location stands out.
113 of the 233 shoplifting reports from March to August 2026 were mapped to “on or near New Walkergate”. That is more in six months than the 108 mapped there in the whole of the previous 12 months. In August alone, 22 of the 29 crimes mapped to New Walkergate were shoplifting.
The next most common points over the six months were Hammond Road (22 reports), a point labelled “Parking Area” (21) and Toll Gavel (12).
How the cases ended
Police.uk also records the latest outcome for each crime. For the 358 shoplifting reports in the 12 months to August 2026:
- 201 were closed with no suspect identified, 56 per cent of the total
- 42 were awaiting a court outcome
- 34 ended with police unable to prosecute a suspect
- 27 were dealt with by local resolution
- 21 were still under investigation
- 5 ended with a caution
The remaining 28 had other outcomes, or none recorded yet.
Outcomes for the most recent months can still change as cases progress.
What the figures cannot tell you
The data shows what was reported and recorded, not every theft. A jump like March’s could mean more shoplifting, more shops reporting it, or both. Police.uk does not say which. We found no statement on Beverley shoplifting among Humberside Police’s recent news releases.
The figures are also small enough that a single persistent offender, or one shop changing how it reports, can move them noticeably.
What it means for you
- To report a crime that is not an emergency, call 101 or use Humberside Police’s online reporting. In an emergency, call 999.
- To see your own street, enter a postcode on police.uk. The map shows crimes by month and the outcome of each.
- Businesses can find the force’s advice on retail crime and the local neighbourhood team through the same police.uk page for their area.
For travel and closures in Beverley this week, see our East Riding roadworks and travel page.
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