Theft: Bicycles Norman Baker To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many bicycles have been reported stolen in each region in each year since 1997. Mr. Alan Campbell The available information relates to the number of thefts of pedal cycles recorded by the police and is given in the following tables. --------------------------------- |Number of offences | --------------------------------- |English Region and Wales |1997| --------------------------------- |North East Region |6,892| --------------------------------- |North West Region |16,882| --------------------------------- |Yorkshire and the Humber Region|16,672| --------------------------------- |East Midlands Region |13,553| --------------------------------- |West Midlands Region |12,173| --------------------------------- |East of England Region |16,287| --------------------------------- |London Region |17,433| --------------------------------- |South East Region |21,408| --------------------------------- |South West Region |13,101| --------------------------------- |Wales |4,691| --------------------------------- |Total |139,092| --------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Number of offences | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |English Region and Wales |1998-99|1999-2000|2000-01|2001-02| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |North East Region |5,372|5,996|5,283|4,795| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |North West Region |14,584|15,069|12,628|11,744| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Yorkshire and the Humber Region |14,542|14,375|11,942|11,336| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |East Midlands Region |13,125|12,661|10,709|10,088| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |West Midlands Region |11,051|10,907|9,093|8,634| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |East of England Region |15,471|15,765|13,144|12,333| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |London Region |17,350|18,909|14,673|14,674| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |South East Region |20,203|21,057|17,355|15,882| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |South West Region |12,376|12,009|9,962|9,555| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Wales |4,483|4,492|3,720|3,672| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Total |128,557|131,240|108,509|102,713| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |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 is prior to the introduction of the National Crime Recording Standard in April 2002. These figures are not directly comparable with those for later years.||||| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Number of offences | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |English Region and Wales |2002-03|2003-04|2004-05|2005-06|2006-07|2007-08|2008-09| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |North East Region |4,141|4,587|4,457|4,419|4,285|4,048|3,995| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |North West Region |10,705|10,862|10,880|11,744|11,810|11,243|11,014| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Yorkshire and the Humber Region |10,104|10,060|8,782|9,568|9,183|8,664|8,574| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |East Midlands Region |8,526|8,751|8,695|8,813|8,829|8,668|8,101| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |West Midlands Region |7,021|7,149|6,499|6,999|7,157|6,852|6,377| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |East of England Region |11,518|12,783|13,465|14,004|13,224|12,501|12,364| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |London Region |16,239|19,616|19,636|21,574|18,962|17,471|18,579| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |South East Region |14,540|15,901|16,910|18,349|18,191|16,683|17,461| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |South West Region |8,795|9,252|9,536|10,308|10,839|10,115|9,743| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Wales |3,429|3,559|3,709|3,287|3,312|3,343|3,288| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Total |95,018|102,520|102,569|109,065|105,792|99,588|99,496| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |1. The data in this table takes account of the introduction of the National Crime Recording Standard in April 2002. These figures are not directly comparable with those for earlier years.|||||||| ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------