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Theft: Bicycles

Volume 468: debated on Monday 26 November 2007

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many reported thefts of bicycles there were in (a) England and (b) each London borough in each year since 1997. (166934)

The available information is given in the following tables.

Table 1: recorded offences of theft of a pedal cycle—1997

1997

Barking and Dagenham

n/a

Barnet

n/a

Bexley

n/a

Brent

n/a

Bromley

n/a

Camden

n/a

City of Westminster

n/a

Croydon

n/a

Ealing

n/a

Enfield

n/a

Greenwich

n/a

Hackney

n/a

Hammersmith and Fulham

n/a

Haringey

n/a

Harrow

n/a

Havering

n/a

Hillingdon

n/a

Hounslow

n/a

Islington

n/a

Kensington and Chelsea

n/a

Kingston upon Thames

n/a

Lambeth

n/a

Lewisham

n/a

Merton

n/a

Newham

n/a

Redbridge

n/a

Richmond upon Thames

n/a

Southwark

n/a

Sutton

n/a

Tower Hamlets

n/a

Waltham Forest

n/a

Wandsworth

n/a

Total

17,276

Total London1

17,433

Total England

134,401

n/a = not available.

1 includes the City of London police and the Metropolitan police service.

Table 2: Recorded offences of theft of a pedal cycle—1998-99 to 2001-02

1998-99

1999-2000

2000-01

2001-02

Barking and Dagenham

n/a

n/a

165

123

Barnet

n/a

n/a

215

210

Bexley

n/a

n/a

201

154

Brent

n/a

n/a

217

242

Bromley

n/a

n/a

254

247

Camden

n/a

n/a

1,007

1,072

City of Westminster

n/a

n/a

1,076

1,148

Croydon

n/a

n/a

287

275

Ealing

n/a

n/a

502

452

Enfield

n/a

n/a

225

203

Greenwich

n/a

n/a

220

210

Hackney

n/a

n/a

619

726

Hammersmith and Fulham

n/a

n/a

1,010

1,006

Haringey

n/a

n/a

225

168

Harrow

n/a

n/a

100

132

Havering

n/a

n/a

202

180

Hillingdon

n/a

n/a

359

264

Hounslow

n/a

n/a

571

473

Islington

n/a

n/a

785

829

Kensington and Chelsea

n/a

n/a

715

730

Kingston upon Thames

n/a

n/a

409

392

Lambeth

n/a

n/a

771

805

Lewisham

n/a

n/a

233

188

Merton

n/a

n/a

320

396

Newham

n/a

n/a

283

232

Redbridge

n/a‘

n/a

156

159

Richmond upon Thames

n/a

n/a

562

540

Southwark

n/a

n/a

742

725

Sutton

n/a

n/a

243

183

Tower Hamlets

n/a

n/a

712

698

Waltham Forest

n/a

n/a

196

193

Wandsworth

n/a

n/a

883

978

Total

17,092

18,659

14,465

14,333

Total London1

17,350

18,909

14,668

14,667

Total England

124,074

126,748

104,789

99,041

n/a = not available.

1 Includes the City of London police and the Metropolitan police service.

Notes:

1. The coverage was extended and counting rules revised from 1998-99. Figures from that date are not directly comparable with those for 1997.

2. The data in this table are prior to the introduction of the National Crime Recording Standard. These figures are not directly comparable with those for later years.

Table 3: recorded offences of theft of a pedal cycle—2002-03 to 2006-07

2002-03

2003-04

2004-05

2005-06

2006-07

Barking and Dagenham

120

170

215

220

174

Barnet

218

374

341

398

247

Bexley

116

139

144

133

115

Brent

229

320

325

326

259

Bromley

179

211

284

225

212

Camden

1,347

1,491

1,337

1,521

1,329

City of Westminster

1,165

1,226

1,347

1,453

1,277

Croydon

240

262

294

325

264

Ealing

467

617

571

584

448

Enfield

186

195

214

226

179

Greenwich

249

304

275

451

395

Hackney

1,019

1,060

980

1,111

1,167

Hammersmith and Fulham

1,058

1,271

1,085

1,017

1,046

Haringey

247

284

339

405

392

Harrow

128

142

133

140

121

Havering

143

198

181

178

130

Hillingdon

264

275

251

367

247

Hounslow

405

533

528

613

569

Islington

1,140

1,898

1,745

1,821

1,682

Kensington and Chelsea

834

858

877

919

758

Kingston upon Thames

387

674

784

859

479

Lambeth

785

943

952

1,196

1,022

Lewisham

270

351

346

492

362

Merton

360

507

503

530

320

Newham

323

327

312

336

275

Redbridge

122

168

141

203

168

Richmond upon Thames

559

650

878

765

739

Southwark

798

1,052

1,070

1,191

1,248

Sutton

188

220

263

307

232

Tower Hamlets

846

1,132

1,156

1,307

1,061

Waltham Forest

176

180

227

271

366

Wandsworth

1,237

1,226

1,217

1,346

1,357

Total

15,805

19,258

19,315

21,236

18,640

Total London1

16,232

19,613

19,634

21,572

18,954

Total England

91,589

98,961

98,860

105,778

102,485

1 includes the City of London police and the Metropolitan police service.

Note:

The data in this table take account of the introduction of the National Crime Recording Standard in April 2002. These figures are not directly comparable with those for earlier years.