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Information Request 

I write to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 requesting data
in relation to the number of bike thefts recorded by Essex Police.

For each individual year from 2018 to 2023 (inclusive), please would you
be able to provide information pertaining to the number of bike thefts
recorded in each of Essex's 14 police districts.

For the same years and same districts, please would you be able to outline
the number of bike thefts which led to successful prosecutions (i.e., how
many bike thieves were caught by police and charged?).

Lastly, would you be able to outline the value of the bikes stolen for
each police district in each year.

 

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Caveat: The data is correct as at 04 June 2024

 

Notes

- Data is based on created date from 01/01/2018 to 31/12/2023 and where
the Crime Type (HMIC Crime Tree Level 3) field is “Bicycle Theft”, broken
down by district.

- Data for table 2 is for Bicycle Theft offences that were finalised as
Outcome 1 / 1A (charge or summons). Data on prosecutions is held by [4]HM
Courts & Tribunals Service.

- Data for table 3 is based on the amounts recorded in the Property Item
Value Amount field for Bicycle Theft offences. Not all Bicycle Theft
offence records have a Property Item Value Amount recorded.

 

Numbers of Bicycle Theft Offences by Year and Policing District – 2018 to
2023

District / Year 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Grand Total
Basildon 232 187 174 115 234 110 1052
Braintree 127 145 105 100 63 53 593
Brentwood 93 96 82 41 28 33 373
Castle Point 63 57 57 30 65 44 316
Chelmsford 326 379 293 368 368 330 2064
Colchester 506 453 298 229 302 432 2220
Epping Forest 39 35 46 25 38 26 209
Harlow 193 247 170 107 146 165 1028
Maldon 28 27 37 17 17 17 143
Rochford 34 27 25 28 17 21 152
Southend-on-Sea 492 378 451 385 234 218 2158
Tendring 193 184 138 112 96 75 798
Thurrock 135 188 164 110 115 119 831
Uttlesford 22 35 31 40 11 15 154
(Not Recorded) 1 2 1 2 4 10
Grand Total 2483 2439 2073 1708 1736 1662 12101

 

Numbers of Bicycle Theft Offences that were Finalised as Outcome 1 / 1A.
by Year and Policing District – 2018 to 2023

District / Year 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Grand Total
Basildon 6 5 1 3 2 17
Braintree 6 2 1 4 13
Brentwood 3 1 4 1 9
Castle Point 3 1 1 5
Chelmsford 11 6 16 11 13 57
Colchester 3 3 4 2 7 2 21
Epping Forest 1 1 2
Harlow 1 13 13 1 1 29
Rochford 1 1 2
Southend-on-Sea 6 19 11 10 5 11 62
Tendring 3 6 7 16
Thurrock 6 2 2 3 1 14
Uttlesford 1 1
Grand Total 28 64 46 46 32 32 248

 

Bicycle Theft Offences by Total Recorded Property Item Value Amounts
Recorded by Year and Policing District – 2018 to 2023

District / Year 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Grand Total
Basildon £49,123.00 £36,496.00 £47,496.00 £32,356.99 £59,329.99 £38,816.99 £263,618.97
Braintree £21,786.97 £42,998.00 £33,319.00 £21,342.01 £18,696.00 £11,660.00 £149,801.98
Brentwood £23,084.99 £33,210.43 £25,115.48 £12,568.00 £9,549.99 £7,195.00 £110,723.89
Castle Point £15,610.00 £8,747.99 £19,778.00 £7,779.00 £28,534.00 £13,575.01 £94,024.00
Chelmsford £81,694.88 £117,011.18 £72,909.00 £155,376.95 £114,181.99 £117,912.89 £659,086.89
Colchester £111,363.96 £131,668.69 £101,057.98 £68,220.98 £106,766.00 £134,622.96 £653,700.57
Epping Forest £13,477.99 £10,888.95 £19,078.98 £9,947.00 £31,191.00 £11,984.00 £96,567.92
Harlow £42,180.98 £54,084.97 £36,155.49 £29,448.00 £40,480.29 £52,516.99 £254,866.72
Maldon £6,995.00 £8,210.00 £11,290.99 £6,190.00 £9,545.00 £2,763.00 £44,993.99
Rochford £7,110.00 £5,735.40 £9,814.00 £10,494.00 £6,240.00 £7,810.00 £47,203.40
Southend-on-Sea £136,779.99 £107,323.15 £146,354.99 £114,123.94 £70,167.24 £74,406.30 £649,155.61
Tendring £59,959.48 £41,861.76 £37,669.00 £31,361.00 £26,147.00 £20,668.96 £217,667.20
Thurrock £22,579.97 £42,814.00 £39,766.96 £21,347.98 £33,963.00 £38,399.00 £198,870.91
Uttlesford £5,925.00 £8,685.00 £11,634.99 £23,742.56 £3,390.00 £2,260.00 £55,637.55
(Not Recorded) £0.00 £540.00 £50.00 £300.00 £1,500.00 £2,390.00
Grand Total £597,672.21 £649,735.52 £611,980.86 £544,348.41 £558,481.50 £536,091.10 £3,498,309.60

 

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Data on headline recorded Theft of Pedal Cycle offences and outcomes by
policing district can be found within the monthly Essex Police Performance
reports published by the Police, Fire and crime commissioner for Essex:

 

[5]Essex Police Performance - Essex Police, Fire & Crime Commissioner
(pfcc.police.uk)

 

The following article available via our publication scheme may also be of
interest:

 

[6]Pedal Cycle Offences and Thefts | Essex Police

 

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From: Info Rights Freedom Essex <[Essex Police request email]>
Sent: Wednesday, May 15, 2024 9:55 AM
To: Daniel Rees <[FOI #1130300 email]>
Subject: FOI 20228 Bike Thefts 2018-2023

 

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