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<p>The Home Office works closely with the British Transport Police (BTP), the national lead for cycle theft, to tackle the theft of bicycles. BTP have recently launched the ‘double lock it’ campaign with police forces and organisations, providing advice to owners to help better protect their bicycles. Further information on the campaign and bicycle locks can be found here: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.btp.police.uk%2Fpolice-forces%2Fbritish-transport-police%2Fareas%2Fcampaigns%2Fdouble-lock-it%2F&data=05%7C01%7CKhadijah.Ishaq%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C1ccecdb003ac4b99f13408da6a427512%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637939130897619209%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=AJnmVh0mAoSustcSga%2Fo4B42WRZDoPpL%2B5gyHecq5fA%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.btp.police.uk/police-forces/british-transport-police/areas/campaigns/double-lock-it/</a>.</p><p>The Department for Transport (DfT) published its Cycling and Walking Plan for England, Gear Change, in 2020, which is available here: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fcycling-and-walking-plan-for-england&data=05%7C01%7CKhadijah.Ishaq%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7C1ccecdb003ac4b99f13408da6a427512%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C637939130897619209%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=gfeelBYDwqb9gRWXC3kYh%2Fdle%2BGk48CB5C3gqfvqR2o%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/cycling-and-walking-plan-for-england</a>. The Plan aims to boost cycling and walking and sets out a number of initiatives to combat cycle theft DfT is leading including encouraging retailers to number the bicycles they sell and offer customers the opportunity to register their bicycle on a database at the point of sale.</p><p>The BTP-led National Cycle Crime Group, working with DfT, have set up Cycle Crime Reduction Partnerships across the country to coordinate regional enforcement activity to disrupt organised cycle theft.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p>The Home Office collects and publishes official statistics on the number of bicycle theft offences reported to and recorded by the police in England and Wales and their investigative outcomes including charges, on a quarterly basis. These can be accessed here: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistics%2Fpolice-recorded-crime-open-data-tables&data=05%7C01%7CKhadijah.Ishaq%40homeoffice.gov.uk%7Cd81ad79f8c904179eefa08db1356d891%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638125035933117391%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=j3hyxNp3csHkm8tQ8ySHPp0H5br98fvWuWbgjQ%2BJbGM%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-recorded-crime-open-data-tables</a> The number of police recorded bicycle theft offences for London and England are as follows.</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2"><p>(Source: Home Office Police Recorded Crime)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Year ending September 2022</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>19,374</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>70,873</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Bicycle theft figures from the Crime Survey of England and Wales in Mar 2010 compared to now, which are:</p><p>Year to Mar 2010: 466,000<br>Year to June 2022: 242,000<br>Reduction of 48%</p> |