To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the number of bicycles stolen in each police region in the last 12 months.
Answered on
5 July 2022
The number of bicycle theft offences reported to and recorded by the police in England and Wales, in the year ending December 2021, broken down by region, is presented in the table below.
Region | Number of Bicycle theft offences |
North East | 2,557 |
North West | 7,058 |
Yorkshire and the Humber | 5,325 |
East Midlands | 5,136 |
West Midlands | 4,103 |
East of England | 7,549 |
London | 21,115 |
South East | 10,588 |
South West | 5,165 |
Wales | 2,173 |
British Transport Police | 3,624 |
England and Wales | 74,393 |
Statistics on the number of bicycle theft offences recorded by each police force in England and Wales are published on a quarterly basis on the Home Office website at:
Police recorded crime and outcomes open data tables - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)