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Bicycles: Theft

Asked by Bell Ribeiro-AddyLabourHome OfficeTabled Answered 17 March 2026UIN 120012

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of bicycle theft cases resulted in (a) a charge, (b) a caution, and (c) no further action in England and Wales in each of the last five years.

Answered by Sarah Jones

The Home Office publishes official statistics on the number of notifiable offences recorded by the police in England and Wales and their investigative outcomes on a quarterly basis.

This includes bicycle thefts, and the requested information can be accessed here: Police recorded crime and outcomes open data tables - GOV.UK

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