Bicycle Thefts 2019 to 2023

Publication Number: 1111

FOI Number: 19532

 

Information Request

Can you please tell me the number of bike thefts reported in your policing area for 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023.

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.

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.

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)

 

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 information is correct as at 23 January 2024

Notes

- Bicycle theft crimes = those recorded under the offence ‘HMIC L3 Bicycle Theft’.

- Theft crimes involving a bicycle = theft offences other than ‘HMIC L3 Bicycle Theft’ where a bicycle is mentioned in the stolen property description.

- Stolen bicycle values are those reported by the victim and are not always recorded.

 

Numbers of HMIC L3 Bicycle Theft Crimes by Year and Outcome – January 2019 to December 2023

Year	Number of Bicycle Thefts
	Solved	Not Solved
2019	85	2354
2020	57	2016
2021	57	1651
2022	40	1696
2023	39	1624
Total	278	9341

 

Numbers of Theft Crimes Involving a Bicycle (Other Than HMIC L3 Bicycle Theft Crimes) by Year and Outcome – January 2019 to December 2023

Year	Bicycle Mentioned (Other than HMIC L3 "Bicycle Theft")
	Solved	Not Solved
2019	16	343
2020	6	264
2021	10	219
2022	4	205
2023	5	223
Total	41	1254

 

Reported £ Values of Stolen Bicycles by Year and Outcome - January 2019 to December 2023

Year	Value Amount £
	Solved	Not Solved
2019	£17,938.99	£631,796.53
2020	£12,381.00	£599,599.86
2021	£12,447.02	£531,901.39
2022	£10,444.00	£548,037.50
2023	£5,416.99	£530,674.11
Total	£58,628.00	£2,842,009.39

 

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. 

 

Headline ‘Theft of Pedal Cycle’ crime data by district can be found within the monthly Essex Police performance reports published by the Police, Fire & Crime Commissioner for Essex:

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