Bicycles reported stolen 2023-2024
Request
• Bicycles reported stolen in the last year to your force: dates May 2023 – May 2024
• Reported e-bike theft in your entire force between May 2023 – May 2024
• E-bike thefts as a % of total bicycles thefts in your entire force between May 2023 - May 2024
• % of overall bike theft suspects identified
• % of overall e-bike theft suspects identified
• Number of e-bikes discovered or recovered
• Number of bike theft offenders given a prison sentence
• Number of bike theft offenders given a community sentence
• Number of bike theft offenders given a caution
Clarification - it would be acceptable to see how many were charged.
Response
I approached our Crime Management Data Returns Administrator for assistance with your request. The Connect System is used to record complaints or allegations of those matters, which the Home Office specify should be recorded as ‘crime’.
They provided me with the enclosed spreadsheet and the following explanation of their search criteria:
Criteria Used - Incident Created Date is between 01/05/2023 and 31/05/2024, SYP & crime only filter, Property Status is equal to Stolen, Stolen / Recovered, Property Class 2 is equal to / is in Pedal or Property Class 3 is equal to / is in E Scooter
Please note we do not record percentage figures – No Information Held.
We have provided a count of crime via the outcomes and a count of property via the bike breakdown.
|
Property Class 3 |
Count of Property |
|
E Scooter |
112 |
|
Hybrid Bike |
159 |
|
Mountain Bike |
852 |
|
Other |
65 |
|
Other Bike (Desc) |
318 |
|
Road Bike |
154 |
|
Stunt Bike |
23 |
|
Crime Outcome |
Count of Crime |
|
01 - Charged/Summonsed |
34 |
|
01A - Charge/Summons- Alternative Offence |
2 |
|
03 - Adult Caution - conditional |
1 |
|
03 - Adult Caution - simple |
2 |
|
08 - Community resolution (with or without Restorative Justice) (Crime) |
7 |
|
11 - Prosecution Prevented-Named Suspect Identified But Is Below The Age Of Criminal Responsibility |
2 |
|
14 - Evidential Difficulties Victim Based- Suspect Not Identified: Crime Confirmed But The Victim Either Declines Or Unable To Support Further Police Investigation To Identify The Offender |
32 |
|
15 - Named Suspect Identified: Victim Supports Police Action But Evidential Difficulties Prevent Further Action (CPS and or Police decision) |
70 |
|
16 - Named Suspect Identified: Evidential Difficulties Prevent Further Action: Victim Does Not Support (Or Has Withdrawn Support From) Police Action |
71 |
|
18 - Investigation Complete; No Suspect Identified. Crime Investigated As Far As Reasonably Possible-Case Closed Pending Further Investigative Opportunities Becoming Available |
1383 |
|
99 - Temporary Outcome Awaiting Finalisation of Master Record |
3 |
|
Not Recorded |
21 |
Please note, every effort is made to ensure that the figures presented are accurate and complete. However, it is important to note that data has been extracted from data sources used by this force for police purposes. The detail collected to respond specifically to your request is subject to the inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale recording systems and information assets.
The figures provided therefore are our best interpretation of relevance of data to your request, but you should be aware that the collation of figures/data for any requests may have limitations, and this should be taken into account when those data are used.
Police forces do not use generic systems or identical procedures for capturing the data. For these reasons this response to your questions should not be used for comparison purposes with responses you may receive from other police forces.