The State of Bike Thefts in London, UK in 2014

BICYCLE THEFT In London, UK in 2014 70,000+ Estimated stolen bicycles Based on the actual number of bicycles reported to the police, multiplied by four, as per the British Crime Survey, to include unreported bicycle theft 17,809 Bicycles reported stolen to police The total number reported to the Metropolitan and City of London police in 2014 3 in 4 go unreported The British Crime Survey suggests only 1 in 4 stolen bikes are reported to the police Reported Unreported Unreported Unreported 24 27 31 15 22 29 33 14 26 21 18 16 23 32 17 20 19 25 28 30 Reported bike theft key No. reported London bike theft Borough 1349 Hackney (1) 1336 < 200 Westminster (2) Tower Hamlets (3) 1142 Islington (4) 1236 201 - 400 Camden (5) Southwark (6) Lambeth (7) 862 Wandsworth (8) 748 Hammersmith and Fulham (9) 626 Kensington and Chelsea (10) 553 Richmond upon Thames (11) 526 Ealing (12) 472 Hounslow (13) 1135 401 - 600 1084 1076 601 - 800 801- 1000 1001 - 1200 438 Brent (14) 1201 - 1400 428 Haringey (15) 399 City of London (16) 395 Lewisham (17) 392 Newham (18) Kingston upon Thames (19) 362 Merton (20) 296 Hillingdon (21) 286 381 Hackney Had the most reported bicycles stolen Waltham Forest (22) 276 Greenwich (23) Enfield (24) 246 239 Croydon (25) 224 Barking and Dagenham (26) Barnet (27) 199 172 Bromley (28) 168 Redbridge (29) 166 Sutton (30) Harrow (31) Bexley (32) Havering (33) Location Unknown 123 121 106 247 Suspect indentifed 91% No suspect identified No suspect identified Of the completed investigations by the police, a whopping 91% of them resulted in no suspects being identifed 63 79 43 Offenders given a Offenders given a prison sentence Offenders given a community sentence caution Source: Data.Police.UK - https://data.police.uk/ Transport for London - https://www.tfl.gov.uk/cdn/static/cms/documents/cycle-security-plan.pdf Credit: Icons made by Freepik & Vectorgraphit from www.flaticon.com and is licensed under CC BY 3.0 London Map - Attribution: Richtom80 at English Wikipedia LITELOK LIGHT | FLEXIBLE | STRONG litelok.com