Written Question·Home Office·UIN 182602

Bicycles: Theft

Tabled: 25 April 2023

Answered: 3 May 2023

Question

Ruth Cadbury

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.

Answer

Chris Philp

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.