{"id":23165,"date":"2023-01-30T13:50:10","date_gmt":"2023-01-30T13:50:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/discerningcyclist.com\/?p=23165"},"modified":"2023-12-04T09:45:48","modified_gmt":"2023-12-04T09:45:48","slug":"bike-theft-statistics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/discerningcyclist.com\/bike-theft-statistics\/","title":{"rendered":"Bike Theft Statistics: How Many Bicycles Are Stolen Each Year? "},"content":{"rendered":"
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Millions of bikes<\/a> are stolen each year worldwide, but the exact number is difficult to determine due to underreporting. It is crucial for cyclists to take precautions like using locks and registering their bikes to prevent theft.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n\n\n

Bike theft is one of the most frequently occurring crimes across the globe. Police reports, insurance company data and statistics from bicycle security companies show many hundreds of thousands of incidents annually. And you have to consider thefts which aren\u2019t reported to the authorities at all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whilst it’s clear that bike theft is a common and unhappy experience<\/a> for millions of people across the world, there is no true, defined reporting method. Police data don’t account for unreported incidents and insurers might truly only know about claims reported to them.<\/p>\n\n\n

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A public locking-shed provides useful tips on locking and bike registration (Image credit: Kevin Glenton)<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n

There are some surveys which although small in number are wide-ranging. The facts only of the crimes reported can be found in police data, most of which in the UK is published monthly. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bike criminals the world over know that bikes are by their nature portable and light. It\u2019s easy to be inconspicuous when breaking locks and there are more bikes than ever to choose from. A surge bike use in a two year period from early 2020 saw a significant increase in theft incidents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bike Theft Statistics <\/h2>\n\n\n\n