Bicycles: Theft

(asked on 25th April 2023) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

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


Answered by
Chris Philp Portrait
Chris Philp
Minister of State (Home Office)
This question was answered on 3rd May 2023

The Home Office collects and publishes official statistics on the investigative outcomes, including charges, 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 Crimes Survey of England and Wales shows bicycle theft is down by 49% since March 2010.

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