Bicycle Theft Stats and Figures

Last updated: 07 Jun 2026

During 2026, England & Wales's police forces received 48,449 crime reports about bicycle theft. This is a decrease of 7% from 2025's figure of 51,990 reports of bicycle theft, giving an overall crime rate of 0.73 per 1,000 people in 2026 and a rate of 0.81 per 1,000 people for 2025.

The most dangerous cities for bicycle theft are Hackney, Lambeth, and Southwark, with crime rates of 3.57, 2.52, and 2.51 per 1,000 daytime population respectively. The most dangerous region for bicycle theft is Bristol, which recorded a bicycle theft rate of 1.62 offences per 1,000 people in 2026. The second most dangerous area for bicycle theft is Cambridgeshire, with a crime rate of 1.42, followed by Oxfordshire in third, with a bicycle theft rate of 1.42 per 1,000 daytime population.

The safest area in England and Wales for bicycle theft is Bexley, which had a crime rate of 0.27 in 2026. Next safest is Sutton, followed by Havering in third place, with crime rates per 1,000 daytime population of 0.38 and 0.38 respectively.

Top Towns & Cities for Bicycle TheftOffences

Highest Bicycle Theft Rates

Position	Name	Crime Rate
1	Hackney	3.57
2	Lambeth	2.52
3	Southwark	2.51
4	Norwich	2.37
5	Hammersmith and Fulham	2.33
6	Islington	2.31
7	Camden	2.21
8	Kingston upon Hull	2.21
9	Kensington and Chelsea	1.91
10	Reading	1.89
11	Tower Hamlets	1.83
12	Portsmouth	1.80
13	Cardiff	1.78
14	Wandsworth	1.74
15	Richmond upon Thames	1.72
16	Leicester	1.69
17	Bristol	1.62
18	Peterborough	1.58
19	Westminster	1.56
20	Nottingham	1.52
21	Southampton	1.42
22	Newham	1.31
23	Kingston upon Thames	1.30
24	Waltham Forest	1.29
25	Southend-on-Sea	1.27
26	Brighton and Hove	1.24
27	Coventry	1.24
28	Hounslow	1.17
29	Leeds	1.17
30	Middlesbrough	1.14
31	Northampton	1.09
32	Bournemouth	1.08
33	Milton Keynes	1.06
34	Liverpool	1.05
35	Stoke-on-Trent	1.05
36	Haringey	1.01
37	Lewisham	1.00
38	Swindon	0.98
39	Merton	0.91
40	Newcastle upon Tyne	0.90
41	Ealing	0.84
42	Greenwich	0.81
43	Derby	0.78
44	Brent	0.71
45	City of London	0.69
46	Sheffield	0.65
47	Hillingdon	0.62
48	Swansea	0.62
49	Wolverhampton	0.62
50	Luton	0.55
51	Bradford	0.55
52	Barking and Dagenham	0.54
53	Enfield	0.54
54	Birmingham	0.53
55	Redbridge	0.47
56	Barnet	0.46
57	Belfast City	0.46
58	Croydon	0.43
59	Harrow	0.41
60	Bromley	0.40
61	Plymouth	0.39
62	Sutton	0.38
63	Havering	0.38
64	Bexley	0.27

Lowest Bicycle Theft Rates

Position	Name	Crime Rate
1	Bexley	0.27
2	Sutton	0.38
3	Havering	0.38
4	Plymouth	0.39
5	Bromley	0.40
6	Harrow	0.41
7	Croydon	0.43
8	Barnet	0.46
9	Belfast City	0.46
10	Redbridge	0.47
11	Birmingham	0.53
12	Barking and Dagenham	0.54
13	Enfield	0.54
14	Luton	0.55
15	Bradford	0.55
16	Wolverhampton	0.62
17	Hillingdon	0.62
18	Swansea	0.62
19	Sheffield	0.65
20	City of London	0.69
21	Brent	0.71
22	Derby	0.78
23	Greenwich	0.81
24	Ealing	0.84
25	Newcastle upon Tyne	0.90
26	Merton	0.91
27	Swindon	0.98
28	Lewisham	1.00
29	Haringey	1.01
30	Stoke-on-Trent	1.05
31	Liverpool	1.05
32	Milton Keynes	1.06
33	Bournemouth	1.08
34	Northampton	1.09
35	Middlesbrough	1.14
36	Leeds	1.17
37	Hounslow	1.17
38	Coventry	1.24
39	Brighton and Hove	1.24
40	Southend-on-Sea	1.27
41	Waltham Forest	1.29
42	Kingston upon Thames	1.30
43	Newham	1.31
44	Southampton	1.42
45	Nottingham	1.52
46	Westminster	1.56
47	Peterborough	1.58
48	Bristol	1.62
49	Leicester	1.69
50	Richmond upon Thames	1.72
51	Wandsworth	1.74
52	Cardiff	1.78
53	Portsmouth	1.80
54	Tower Hamlets	1.83
55	Reading	1.89
56	Kensington and Chelsea	1.91
57	Kingston upon Hull	2.21
58	Camden	2.21
59	Islington	2.31
60	Hammersmith and Fulham	2.33
61	Norwich	2.37
62	Southwark	2.51
63	Lambeth	2.52
64	Hackney	3.57

Top Counties and Councils for Bicycle TheftOffences

Highest Bicycle Theft Rates

Position	Name	Crime Rate
1	Bristol	1.62
2	Cambridgeshire	1.42
3	Oxfordshire	1.42
4	South Glamorgan	1.40
5	London	1.26
6	East Riding of Yorkshire	1.19
7	Berkshire	1.03
8	Leicestershire	0.93
9	Nottinghamshire	0.86
10	Lincolnshire	0.79

Lowest Bicycle Theft Rates

Position	Name	Crime Rate
1	Greater Manchester	-
2	Fermanagh	0.03
3	Tyrone	0.09
4	Down	0.10
5	Armagh	0.10
6	Londonderry	0.10
7	Rutland	0.12
8	Cornwall	0.13
9	Gwent	0.15
10	Mid Glamorgan	0.16