Bike theft
Freedom of Information (FOI) Act request ref: 01/FIN/24/1471
Version Date: 02/02/2024
The Performance & Analysis Department have provided the following information.
Can you please tell me the number of bike thefts reported in your policing area for 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023.
We have searched within Niche Crime for all Home Office offences of Theft of a Pedal Cycle which is under the main crime group of Theft.
|
|
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
|
Pedal cycle theft offences |
1217 |
1273 |
1258 |
1040 |
847 |
Can you tell me the value of bikes recorded as theft in total and also distinguish these figures where there is a sanction detection reported and for thefts where no sanction detection is reported.
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|
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
|
Recorded property value (£) |
122,244 |
118,980 |
132,942 |
175,014 |
218,460 |
The value fields are included however these are not mandatory and not consistently completed. In this case only 903 out of the 5635 offences have a value recorded.
|
Outcomes |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
|
Alternate offence adult conditional caution |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Alternate offence charged |
1 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
1 |
|
Alternate offence summonsed/postal requisition |
0 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
Charged |
26 |
46 |
17 |
36 |
9 |
|
Community resolution |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
CPS - named suspect, victim supports but evidential difficulties |
2 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
|
CPS - prosecution not in public interest |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Diversionary, educational or intervention activity, not in public interest to take further action |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
Investigation complete – No suspect identified |
1041 |
1095 |
1101 |
853 |
691 |
|
Other body/agency has investigation primacy |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
|
Police - formal action not in public interest |
5 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Police - named suspect, investigation not in the public interest |
2 |
3 |
5 |
4 |
2 |
|
Police - named suspect, victim supports but evidential difficulties |
16 |
23 |
29 |
26 |
17 |
|
Summonsed/postal requisition |
26 |
18 |
26 |
10 |
14 |
|
Suspect identified but prosecution time limit expired |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
TIC (taken into consideration) |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
Under investigation |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
36 |
|
Victim declines/unable to support action to identify offender |
47 |
39 |
54 |
74 |
57 |
|
Victim declines/withdraws support - named suspect identified |
37 |
28 |
21 |
27 |
15 |
|
Youth caution |
4 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
Youth conditional caution |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
|
Youth restorative disposal |
7 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
Total |
1217 |
1273 |
1258 |
1040 |
847 |
Can you also provide the number of robberies where bicycles are mentioned in a report as a target or taken as part of the crime over the same five year periods.
We have also searched for all offences with the main crime group Robbery that have *bicycle* recorded within the occurrence summary.
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|
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
|
Pedal cycle robbery offences |
4 |
2 |
4 |
2 |
1 |
Can you provide the value of bikes where there is a sanction detection reported and for where no sanction detection is reported in the above circumstances (ie mentioned or taken in a robbery as above)
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|
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
|
Recorded property value (£) |
2,000 |
|
400 |
|
|
The value fields are included however these are not mandatory and not consistently completed. In this case only 2 out of the 13 offences have a value recorded.
|
Outcomes |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
|
CPS - prosecution not in public interest |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Investigation complete – No suspect identified |
0 |
1 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
|
Under investigation |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
Victim declines/unable to support action to identify offender |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Victim declines/withdraws support - named suspect identified |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
|
Youth conditional caution |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
Total |
4 |
2 |
4 |
2 |
1 |