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<p>To prevent and deter the theft and sale of stolen bicycles the Home Office is working closely with the British Transport Police (BTP), the national lead for tackling cycle theft. BTP have 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 Home Office collects data from police forces on police recorded crime, broken down by Police Force Area and Community Safety Partnership Area, including the City of York. This includes the number of recorded offences of bicycle theft.</p><p>The latest data can be found here:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>12 months to Dec 2019</p></td><td><p>12 months to Mar 2020</p></td><td><p>12 months to Sep 2021</p></td><td><p>12 months to Sep 2022</p></td><td><p>% change Mar 20 to Sep 2022</p></td><td><p>% change Dec 19 to Sep 2022</p></td><td><p>% change Sep 22 to Sep 2021</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bicycle theft</p></td><td><p>91,006</p></td><td><p>88,321</p></td><td><p>74,660</p></td><td><p>78,619</p></td><td><p>-11%</p></td><td><p>-14%</p></td><td><p>5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><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%7Cff2aa8c434c34e8b02df08db037c1c67%7Cf24d93ecb2914192a08af182245945c2%7C0%7C0%7C638107603798053653%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=iXqYzRuICyTZJuKb6BFF3kNmuC2ATuhiscaniUONMVs%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/police-recorded-crime-open-data-tables</a></p><p>The Government has launched plans to boost cycling and walking. The Cycling and Walking Plan for England, Gear Change, was published in 2020 and 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>. Through Theme 4 of the Gear Change Plan, the Department for Transport (DfT) is leading on initiatives to combat cycle theft, including encouraging retailers to number the bikes they sell and offer customers the opportunity to register their bike on a database at the point of sale.</p><p>Through the BTP-led National Cycle Crime Group, working with Department for Transport, Cycle Crime Reduction Partnerships have been set up across the country to coordinate regional enforcement activity to disrupt organised cycle theft. Furthermore, to ensure police forces have sufficient resources to respond to the challenges they face, we have committed to recruit an extra 20,000 police officers by March 2023, with over 16,753 already in place at the end of September 2022.</p><p> </p> |