Bicycles Thefts by Numbers, District, Value and Outcomes 2018 to 2023

Publication Number: 1547

FOI Number: 20228

Information Request 

I write to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 requesting data in relation to the number of bike thefts recorded by Essex Police.

For each individual year from 2018 to 2023 (inclusive), please would you be able to provide information pertaining to the number of bike thefts recorded in each of Essex's 14 police districts.

For the same years and same districts, please would you be able to outline the number of bike thefts which led to successful prosecutions (i.e., how many bike thieves were caught by police and charged?).

Lastly, would you be able to outline the value of the bikes stolen for each police district in each year.

FOI Duty  

First Duty – Essex Police does hold information relating to your request.   

Second Duty – See below 

Fact – See below 

Exemption – Not applicable

Essex Police can report as follows: 

Caveat: The data is correct as at 04 June 2024

Notes

- Data is based on created date from 01/01/2018 to 31/12/2023 and where the Crime Type (HMIC Crime Tree Level 3) field is “Bicycle Theft”, broken down by district.

- Data for table 2 is for Bicycle Theft offences that were finalised as Outcome 1 / 1A (charge or summons). Data on prosecutions is held by HM Courts & Tribunals Service.

- Data for table 3 is based on the amounts recorded in the Property Item Value Amount field for Bicycle Theft offences. Not all Bicycle Theft offence records have a Property Item Value Amount recorded.

Numbers of Bicycle Theft Offences by Year and Policing District – 2018 to 2023

Numbers of Bicycle Theft Offences that were Finalised as Outcome 1 / 1A. by Year and Policing District – 2018 to 2023

Bicycle Theft Offences by Total Recorded Property Item Value Amounts Recorded by Year and Policing District – 2018 to 2023

Every effort is made to ensure that the data provided by Essex Police is accurate and complete. However, Essex Police systems are designed primarily for the management of individual cases and not for the purposes of providing data to answer specific FOI enquiries. Please note although data can be extracted from a number of sources via database queries, the results may be subject to inaccuracies. Care should be taken to understand our return when considering the interpretation or further use of the data.

Data on headline recorded Theft of Pedal Cycle offences and outcomes by policing district can be found within the monthly Essex Police Performance reports published by the Police, Fire and crime commissioner for Essex:

Essex Police Performance - Essex Police, Fire & Crime Commissioner (pfcc.police.uk)

The following article available via our publication scheme may also be of interest:

Pedal Cycle Offences and Thefts | Essex Police