302 local authorities · 12 months to June 2026

Highest police-recorded bicycle theft rates

Local authorities in England and Wales ranked by bicycle theft offences recorded by the police per 1,000 residents. England and Wales: 0.8 per 1,000. A high recorded rate is not a measure of how dangerous an area is; see the caveat below.

#Local authorityPer 1,000Offences12-month changevs England & Wales
1City of LondonCity of London Police22.2347▲ 47.7%+2,675%
2CambridgeCambridgeshire Constabulary5.8866▼ 14.3%+625%
3OxfordThames Valley Police5.7953▼ 9%+613%
4WestminsterMetropolitan Police Service4.6978▼ 0.5%+475%
5HackneyMetropolitan Police Service4.41,180▼ 11%+450%
6CamdenMetropolitan Police Service3.9839▼ 11.1%+387%
7IslingtonMetropolitan Police Service3.6800▼ 11.7%+350%
8SouthwarkMetropolitan Police Service3.51,097▲ 0.1%+338%
9LambethMetropolitan Police Service3.21,016▲ 20.7%+300%
10Tower HamletsMetropolitan Police Service3.11,025▼ 8.2%+287%
11Hammersmith and FulhamMetropolitan Police Service2.9549▼ 10.4%+262%
12NorwichNorfolk Constabulary2.8402▲ 5.2%+250%
13Kingston upon Hull, City ofHumberside Police2.5696▲ 16.6%+213%
14ReadingThames Valley Police2.4432▼ 8.1%+200%
15Kensington and ChelseaMetropolitan Police Service2.3335▼ 9.7%+187%
16CardiffSouth Wales Police2.1785▼ 15.5%+163%
17LincolnLincolnshire Police2.1216▲ 6.4%+163%
18WandsworthMetropolitan Police Service2.1700▲ 23.7%+163%
19YorkNorth Yorkshire Police2.1449▼ 39.5%+163%
20BostonLincolnshire Police2.0143▲ 10%+150%
21Bristol, City ofAvon and Somerset Constabulary1.9943▼ 14%+137%
22ExeterDevon & Cornwall Police1.9259▲ 32.1%+137%
23NottinghamNottinghamshire Police1.9603▲ 13.8%+137%
24PortsmouthHampshire Constabulary1.9410▼ 12%+137%
25Richmond upon ThamesMetropolitan Police Service1.7344▼ 19.6%+112%
26WatfordHertfordshire Constabulary1.7188▲ 21.3%+112%
27Welwyn HatfieldHertfordshire Constabulary1.7201▲ 17.5%+112%
28LeicesterLeicestershire Police1.6632▼ 23.5%+100%
29North East LincolnshireHumberside Police1.6262▼ 4.4%+100%
30WorcesterWest Mercia Police1.6173▼ 5.5%+100%
31HarlowEssex Police1.5148▲ 70.1%+87%
32Kingston upon ThamesMetropolitan Police Service1.5267▼ 11.3%+87%
33PeterboroughCambridgeshire Constabulary1.5327▼ 7.4%+87%
34SouthamptonHampshire Constabulary1.5378▼ 8.5%+87%
35Brighton and HoveSussex Police1.4399▼ 20.7%+75%
36CoventryWest Midlands Police1.4501▼ 0.4%+75%
37HounslowMetropolitan Police Service1.4419▼ 10.9%+75%
38NewhamMetropolitan Police Service1.4521▼ 4.8%+75%
39PrestonLancashire Constabulary1.4232▼ 15.3%+75%
40SloughThames Valley Police1.4239▲ 9.1%+75%
41WorthingSussex Police1.4158▲ 24.4%+75%
42ColchesterEssex Police1.3262▼ 14.1%+63%
43StevenageHertfordshire Constabulary1.3118▲ 38.8%+63%
44Waltham ForestMetropolitan Police Service1.3358▼ 19.2%+63%
45BedfordBedfordshire Police1.2243▲ 0.4%+50%
46HaringeyMetropolitan Police Service1.2308▲ 14.1%+50%
47LeedsWest Yorkshire Police1.2976▲ 8.7%+50%
48LiverpoolMerseyside Police1.2614▲ 15.8%+50%
49Southend-on-SeaEssex Police1.2220▲ 12.2%+50%
50Bournemouth, Christchurch and PooleDorset Police1.1446▼ 10.8%+38%
51CanterburyKent Police1.1179▲ 18.5%+38%
52EastbourneSussex Police1.1115▲ 6.5%+38%
53IpswichSuffolk Constabulary1.1147▼ 9.3%+38%
54LancasterLancashire Constabulary1.1155▼ 8.8%+38%
55LewishamMetropolitan Police Service1.1343▼ 3.7%+38%
56MertonMetropolitan Police Service1.1241▲ 19.3%+38%
57MiddlesbroughCleveland Police1.1174▼ 1.7%+38%
58Newcastle upon TyneNorthumbria Police1.1360▼ 16.3%+38%
59StaffordStaffordshire Police1.1164▲ 90.7%+38%
60Stoke-on-TrentStaffordshire Police1.1312▲ 35.7%+38%
61WarwickWarwickshire Police1.1180▲ 24.1%+38%
62Windsor and MaidenheadThames Valley Police1.1178▼ 2.2%+38%
63BlackpoolLancashire Constabulary1.0147▲ 5.8%+25%
64CharnwoodLeicestershire Police1.0195▲ 24.2%+25%
65DarlingtonDurham Constabulary1.0108▲ 2.9%+25%
66Epsom and EwellSurrey Police1.080▲ 27%+25%
67GosportHampshire Constabulary1.080▲ 5.3%+25%
68ChichesterSussex Police0.9116▼ 10.8%+12%
69DerbyDerbyshire Constabulary0.9235▼ 10%+12%
70EalingMetropolitan Police Service0.9361▼ 15.5%+12%
71GreenwichMetropolitan Police Service0.9263▼ 18.3%+12%
72HartlepoolCleveland Police0.985▲ 9%+12%
73Milton KeynesThames Valley Police0.9276▼ 11.8%+12%
74Newark and SherwoodNottinghamshire Police0.9115▼ 12.9%+12%
75St AlbansHertfordshire Constabulary0.9129▲ 22.9%+12%
76SwindonWiltshire Police0.9212▼ 15.2%+12%
77WarringtonCheshire Constabulary0.9196▼ 6.7%+12%
78WokingSurrey Police0.998▲ 44.1%+12%
79ArunSussex Police0.8142▲ 9.2%0%
80Bracknell ForestThames Valley Police0.8111▼ 7.5%0%
81BrentMetropolitan Police Service0.8289▼ 4.3%0%
82BroxtoweNottinghamshire Police0.887▲ 17.6%0%
83BurnleyLancashire Constabulary0.879▲ 5.3%0%
84CherwellThames Valley Police0.8135▲ 57%0%
85DenbighshireNorth Wales Police0.883▲ 69.4%0%
86Great YarmouthNorfolk Constabulary0.879▼ 24.8%0%
87GuildfordSurrey Police0.8122▼ 2.4%0%
88HastingsSussex Police0.873▲ 14.1%0%
89HillingdonMetropolitan Police Service0.8252▲ 11%0%
90HuntingdonshireCambridgeshire Constabulary0.8145▼ 23.3%0%
91North LincolnshireHumberside Police0.8141▲ 20.5%0%
92AshfordKent Police0.797▲ 59%-13%
93DoncasterSouth Yorkshire Police0.7238▲ 4.8%-13%
94ElmbridgeSurrey Police0.797▼ 3%-13%
95MedwayKent Police0.7216▲ 9.1%-13%
96NewportGwent Police0.7113▼ 34.7%-13%
97Oadby and WigstonLeicestershire Police0.745▼ 23.7%-13%
98RushmoorHampshire Constabulary0.775▲ 47.1%-13%
99SeftonMerseyside Police0.7189▼ 5.5%-13%
100SheffieldSouth Yorkshire Police0.7392▼ 5.8%-13%
101South CambridgeshireCambridgeshire Constabulary0.7127▲ 29.6%-13%
102ThanetKent Police0.798▼ 17.6%-13%
103ThurrockEssex Police0.7126▲ 35.5%-13%
104WolverhamptonWest Midlands Police0.7190▼ 17.7%-13%
105AshfieldNottinghamshire Police0.679▲ 16.2%-25%
106BasildonEssex Police0.6109▲ 45.3%-25%
107BirminghamWest Midlands Police0.6698▼ 9.9%-25%
108ChelmsfordEssex Police0.6118▼ 26.7%-25%
109CrawleySussex Police0.678▼ 43.1%-25%
110East StaffordshireStaffordshire Police0.684▼ 5.6%-25%
111East SuffolkSuffolk Constabulary0.6148▲ 8%-25%
112EnfieldMetropolitan Police Service0.6188▼ 5.5%-25%
113HaltonCheshire Constabulary0.679▼ 14.1%-25%
114HavantHampshire Constabulary0.675▲ 4.2%-25%
115Herefordshire, County ofWest Mercia Police0.6108▲ 35%-25%
116LutonBedfordshire Police0.6135▼ 13.5%-25%
117North SomersetAvon and Somerset Constabulary0.6141▲ 4.4%-25%
118Nuneaton and BedworthWarwickshire Police0.681▼ 22.9%-25%
119RushcliffeNottinghamshire Police0.677▲ 57.1%-25%
120Stockton-on-TeesCleveland Police0.6134▲ 0.8%-25%
121Vale of White HorseThames Valley Police0.687▼ 3.3%-25%
122West BerkshireThames Valley Police0.6104▼ 37.7%-25%
123West NorthamptonshireNorthamptonshire Police0.6247▼ 6.8%-25%
124WokinghamThames Valley Police0.6109▼ 20.4%-25%
125WrexhamNorth Wales Police0.677▲ 10%-25%
126Barking and DagenhamMetropolitan Police Service0.5124▲ 14.8%-38%
127BarnetMetropolitan Police Service0.5190▼ 2.6%-38%
128BassetlawNottinghamshire Police0.566▲ 6.5%-38%
129Bath and North East SomersetAvon and Somerset Constabulary0.5109▼ 16.8%-38%
130BradfordWest Yorkshire Police0.5293▼ 1%-38%
131CroydonMetropolitan Police Service0.5191▼ 0.5%-38%
132CumberlandCumbria Constabulary0.5144▼ 1.4%-38%
133East CambridgeshireCambridgeshire Constabulary0.545▲ 80%-38%
134EastleighHampshire Constabulary0.569▲ 13.1%-38%
135FarehamHampshire Constabulary0.563▼ 29.2%-38%
136FenlandCambridgeshire Constabulary0.555▼ 8.3%-38%
137Folkestone and HytheKent Police0.554▲ 22.7%-38%
138GraveshamKent Police0.555▲ 31%-38%
139King's Lynn and West NorfolkNorfolk Constabulary0.586▼ 30.6%-38%
140New ForestHampshire Constabulary0.583▼ 17.8%-38%
141Newcastle-under-LymeStaffordshire Police0.569▲ 9.5%-38%
142North DevonDevon & Cornwall Police0.548▲ 77.8%-38%
143North TynesideNorthumbria Police0.5108▼ 36.1%-38%
144RedbridgeMetropolitan Police Service0.5170▼ 13.3%-38%
145Redcar and ClevelandCleveland Police0.571▼ 1.4%-38%
146RugbyWarwickshire Police0.557▲ 21.3%-38%
147RunnymedeSurrey Police0.546▼ 31.3%-38%
148SomersetAvon and Somerset Constabulary0.5268▲ 27.6%-38%
149South HollandLincolnshire Police0.547▼ 29.9%-38%
150South NorfolkNorfolk Constabulary0.568▲ 74.4%-38%
151South TynesideNorthumbria Police0.581▼ 21.4%-38%
152SpelthorneSurrey Police0.549▼ 43%-38%
153St. HelensMerseyside Police0.598▲ 15.3%-38%
154SwaleKent Police0.577▲ 8.5%-38%
155SwanseaSouth Wales Police0.5129▼ 20.4%-38%
156TamworthStaffordshire Police0.538▼ 5%-38%
157TendringEssex Police0.576▲ 5.6%-38%
158WirralMerseyside Police0.5155▼ 9.4%-38%
159Basingstoke and DeaneHampshire Constabulary0.469▼ 35.5%-50%
160BrecklandNorfolk Constabulary0.455▲ 25%-50%
161BromleyMetropolitan Police Service0.4131▲ 10.1%-50%
162BroxbourneHertfordshire Constabulary0.441▼ 14.6%-50%
163CalderdaleWest Yorkshire Police0.486▲ 2.4%-50%
164Cannock ChaseStaffordshire Police0.442▼ 8.7%-50%
165Castle PointEssex Police0.433▲ 50%-50%
166Cheshire EastCheshire Constabulary0.4190▼ 3.6%-50%
167Cheshire West and ChesterCheshire Constabulary0.4164▼ 12.8%-50%
168ChesterfieldDerbyshire Constabulary0.444▲ 83.3%-50%
169ConwyNorth Wales Police0.449▼ 18.3%-50%
170DacorumHertfordshire Constabulary0.458▲ 18.4%-50%
171DartfordKent Police0.449▼ 2%-50%
172East HertfordshireHertfordshire Constabulary0.469▼ 27.4%-50%
173East Riding of YorkshireHumberside Police0.4135▼ 26.6%-50%
174ErewashDerbyshire Constabulary0.444▲ 15.8%-50%
175FyldeLancashire Constabulary0.432▲ 39.1%-50%
176HarrowMetropolitan Police Service0.4104▼ 11.9%-50%
177HaveringMetropolitan Police Service0.4100▼ 16.7%-50%
178KnowsleyMerseyside Police0.466→ 0%-50%
179LewesSussex Police0.439▲ 21.9%-50%
180MansfieldNottinghamshire Police0.451▼ 29.2%-50%
181Mole ValleySurrey Police0.432▲ 60%-50%
182North HertfordshireHertfordshire Constabulary0.459▼ 1.7%-50%
183North NorthamptonshireNorthamptonshire Police0.4147▼ 30%-50%
184North YorkshireNorth Yorkshire Police0.4238▲ 2.1%-50%
185NorthumberlandNorthumbria Police0.4137▼ 2.8%-50%
186PlymouthDevon & Cornwall Police0.4109▼ 2.7%-50%
187RedditchWest Mercia Police0.439▲ 8.3%-50%
188RotherSussex Police0.436▲ 56.5%-50%
189ShropshireWest Mercia Police0.4146▼ 23.2%-50%
190SolihullWest Midlands Police0.485▼ 9.6%-50%
191South KestevenLincolnshire Police0.457▼ 27.8%-50%
192SunderlandNorthumbria Police0.4110▼ 32.9%-50%
193SuttonMetropolitan Police Service0.491▼ 15.7%-50%
194Telford and WrekinWest Mercia Police0.487▼ 15.5%-50%
195TorbayDevon & Cornwall Police0.456▲ 36.6%-50%
196WakefieldWest Yorkshire Police0.4149▼ 32%-50%
197WalsallWest Midlands Police0.4106▼ 31.6%-50%
198West OxfordshireThames Valley Police0.444▲ 46.7%-50%
199West SuffolkSuffolk Constabulary0.483▼ 20.2%-50%
200Westmorland and FurnessCumbria Constabulary0.4104▼ 1%-50%
201WiltshireWiltshire Police0.4228▼ 6.2%-50%
202WyreLancashire Constabulary0.450▲ 13.6%-50%
203Wyre ForestWest Mercia Police0.439▲ 8.3%-50%
204BarnsleySouth Yorkshire Police0.370▼ 5.4%-63%
205BexleyMetropolitan Police Service0.365▼ 1.5%-63%
206BlabyLeicestershire Police0.336▲ 2.9%-63%
207Blackburn with DarwenLancashire Constabulary0.350▲ 19%-63%
208BrentwoodEssex Police0.323▲ 43.8%-63%
209BuckinghamshireThames Valley Police0.3165▼ 22.5%-63%
210CarmarthenshireDyfed-Powys Police0.358▲ 23.4%-63%
211Central BedfordshireBedfordshire Police0.3111▲ 20.7%-63%
212ChorleyLancashire Constabulary0.335▼ 30%-63%
213County DurhamDurham Constabulary0.3135▼ 30.1%-63%
214DoverKent Police0.342▼ 22.2%-63%
215East LindseyLincolnshire Police0.338▼ 39.7%-63%
216FlintshireNorth Wales Police0.346▼ 46.5%-63%
217GatesheadNorthumbria Police0.369▼ 22.5%-63%
218HertsmereHertfordshire Constabulary0.328▼ 40.4%-63%
219Hinckley and BosworthLeicestershire Police0.334▼ 38.2%-63%
220HorshamSussex Police0.345▼ 32.8%-63%
221HyndburnLancashire Constabulary0.329▼ 17.1%-63%
222Isle of AngleseyNorth Wales Police0.321▲ 75%-63%
223Isle of WightHampshire Constabulary0.339▼ 11.4%-63%
224KirkleesWest Yorkshire Police0.3124▲ 4.2%-63%
225LichfieldStaffordshire Police0.333▼ 28.3%-63%
226MaidstoneKent Police0.357▼ 34.5%-63%
227MeltonLeicestershire Police0.317▲ 41.7%-63%
228Mid SuffolkSuffolk Constabulary0.330▲ 36.4%-63%
229Mid SussexSussex Police0.345▼ 21.1%-63%
230North KestevenLincolnshire Police0.332▲ 52.4%-63%
231Reigate and BansteadSurrey Police0.343▲ 2.4%-63%
232RotherhamSouth Yorkshire Police0.373▼ 3.9%-63%
233SandwellWest Midlands Police0.3121▲ 12%-63%
234South GloucestershireAvon and Somerset Constabulary0.396▼ 36.8%-63%
235South OxfordshireThames Valley Police0.343▼ 31.7%-63%
236South RibbleLancashire Constabulary0.331▼ 36.7%-63%
237Surrey HeathSurrey Police0.332▲ 77.8%-63%
238Test ValleyHampshire Constabulary0.336▼ 28%-63%
239Tonbridge and MallingKent Police0.337▼ 15.9%-63%
240TorfaenGwent Police0.331▲ 63.2%-63%
241Tunbridge WellsKent Police0.336▲ 9.1%-63%
242Vale of GlamorganSouth Wales Police0.339▼ 2.5%-63%
243West LindseyLincolnshire Police0.326▼ 23.5%-63%
244WinchesterHampshire Constabulary0.342▼ 16%-63%
245WychavonWest Mercia Police0.343▲ 13.2%-63%
246AdurSussex Police0.214▼ 48.1%-75%
247Blaenau GwentGwent Police0.216▼ 38.5%-75%
248BolsoverDerbyshire Constabulary0.218▲ 38.5%-75%
249BraintreeEssex Police0.233▼ 10.8%-75%
250BridgendSouth Wales Police0.232▼ 11.1%-75%
251BroadlandNorfolk Constabulary0.224▼ 4%-75%
252BromsgroveWest Mercia Police0.219▼ 26.9%-75%
253CaerphillyGwent Police0.239▲ 21.9%-75%
254CeredigionDyfed-Powys Police0.212▼ 45.5%-75%
255CornwallDevon & Cornwall Police0.291▼ 6.2%-75%
256Derbyshire DalesDerbyshire Constabulary0.211▼ 8.3%-75%
257DorsetDorset Police0.287▼ 38.3%-75%
258DudleyWest Midlands Police0.256▼ 34.1%-75%
259East DevonDevon & Cornwall Police0.239▲ 14.7%-75%
260East HampshireHampshire Constabulary0.225▼ 3.8%-75%
261Epping ForestEssex Police0.225→ 0%-75%
262GedlingNottinghamshire Police0.225▼ 40.5%-75%
263GwyneddNorth Wales Police0.230▼ 30.2%-75%
264HarboroughLeicestershire Police0.224▲ 20%-75%
265HartHampshire Constabulary0.223▲ 64.3%-75%
266High PeakDerbyshire Constabulary0.218▼ 10%-75%
267MaldonEssex Police0.214▲ 55.6%-75%
268Malvern HillsWest Mercia Police0.218▲ 50%-75%
269Mid DevonDevon & Cornwall Police0.221▲ 75%-75%
270MonmouthshireGwent Police0.220▲ 25%-75%
271Neath Port TalbotSouth Wales Police0.229▼ 39.6%-75%
272North East DerbyshireDerbyshire Constabulary0.218▲ 20%-75%
273North NorfolkNorfolk Constabulary0.222▲ 83.3%-75%
274North WarwickshireWarwickshire Police0.214▲ 55.6%-75%
275North West LeicestershireLeicestershire Police0.228▼ 26.3%-75%
276PembrokeshireDyfed-Powys Police0.227→ 0%-75%
277PendleLancashire Constabulary0.217▼ 19%-75%
278PowysDyfed-Powys Police0.221▼ 32.3%-75%
279Ribble ValleyLancashire Constabulary0.212▲ 50%-75%
280RossendaleLancashire Constabulary0.215▼ 6.3%-75%
281SevenoaksKent Police0.220▼ 28.6%-75%
282South DerbyshireDerbyshire Constabulary0.219▲ 11.8%-75%
283South HamsDevon & Cornwall Police0.216▲ 45.5%-75%
284Staffordshire MoorlandsStaffordshire Police0.220▲ 11.1%-75%
285Stratford-on-AvonWarwickshire Police0.231▼ 36.7%-75%
286TeignbridgeDevon & Cornwall Police0.226▲ 8.3%-75%
287Three RiversHertfordshire Constabulary0.217▼ 45.2%-75%
288UttlesfordEssex Police0.220▲ 25%-75%
289West LancashireLancashire Constabulary0.224▼ 22.6%-75%
290Amber ValleyDerbyshire Constabulary0.119▼ 13.6%-88%
291BaberghSuffolk Constabulary0.18▼ 50%-88%
292Merthyr TydfilSouth Wales Police0.17▲ 16.7%-88%
293Rhondda Cynon TafSouth Wales Police0.129▼ 17.1%-88%
294RochfordEssex Police0.15▼ 70.6%-88%
295RutlandLeicestershire Police0.14▼ 50%-88%
296South StaffordshireStaffordshire Police0.117▼ 5.6%-88%
297TandridgeSurrey Police0.111→ 0%-88%
298TorridgeDevon & Cornwall Police0.19▼ 10%-88%
299WaverleySurrey Police0.120▲ 5.3%-88%
300WealdenSussex Police0.117▼ 22.7%-88%
301West DevonDevon & Cornwall Police0.14▲ 100%-88%
302Isles of ScillyDevon & Cornwall Police0.00-100%

Not ranked: force not currently supplying data

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Important caveat

Police-recorded crime counts offences reported to and recorded by the police. It is affected by whether people report crime and by changes in police recording practice, so it does not measure all crime that happens. The Crime Survey for England and Wales is the better guide to long-term trends in the crimes it covers. Police recorded crime is not designated as National Statistics.

Rates use resident population as the denominator. Areas with many visitors, commuters or shops, such as city centres, record more offences per resident than the number of people present would suggest. Areas whose force did not supply a complete 12 months of data are left out. Population: ONS mid-year estimates, mid-2025.