Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many charges have been bought for the theft of bicycles in (a) London and (b) England in each year since 1 January 2018.

The Home Office collects and publishes official statistics on investigative outcomes of crimes recorded by the police in England and Wales, on a quarterly basis.

These can be accessed here: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-recorded-crime-open-data-tables

According to the Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW), in the year to September 2022, bicycle theft had reduced by 49% compared to the year to March 2010. This can be found at https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/crimeandjustice/datasets/crimeinenglandandwalesappendixtables