Bikes & E-Bike Thefts

Freedom of Information (FOI) Act request ref: 01/FIN/24/002132/N

 Version Date: 17/07/2024

The Performance & Analysis Department have provided the following information.

• Bicycles reported stolen in the last year to your force: dates May 2023 – May 2024
  • Reported e-bike theft in your entire force between May 2023 – May 2024
  o E-bike thefts as a % of total bicycles thefts in your entire force between May 2023 - May 2024

 

	Crimes recorded 1 May 2023 - 30 April 2024
All bicycle thefts	788
E-bike thefts	44
% of bicycle thefts involving e-bikes	5.6%

Please note that ebike thefts have been identified from a keyword search of 'ebike', e-bike' or 'electric' within the occurrence summary of a theft of cycle crime.

• % of overall bike theft suspects identified
  • % of overall e-bike theft suspects identified

 

	Crimes with suspect identified 1 May 2023-30 April 2024	% of crimes recorded
All bicycle thefts	57	7.2%
E-bike thefts	6	13.6%

• Number of e-bikes discovered or recovered

2 of the ebike theft crimes recorded between 1 May 2023 and 30 April 2024 resulted in the bikes being recovered.

• Number of bike theft offenders given a prison sentence
  • Number of bike theft offenders given a community sentence
  • Number of bike theft offenders given a caution

 

	Crimes resulting in a charge	Crimes resulting in a caution	Crimes resulting in a community resolution
All bicycle thefts	17	2	3
Ebike thefts	1	0	0

Clarification - it would be acceptable to see how many were charged.

Please note that it is not possible to provide data in relation to offenders given a prison sentence as this is not police-held information. This information will be held by the courts.