Bicycle theft rates by district

Every district in England and Wales ranked by bicycle theft per 1,000 residents, the 12 months to July 2026.

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Ranked by bicycle theft per 1,000 residents over the 12 months to July 2026. The England and Wales rate was 0.8; the index column compares each area with it (1.00 = national rate). Rates for city and town centres are inflated by visitors and commuters, who are not counted in the resident population.

Rank	Area	In	Crimes	Per 1,000	Index
1	City of London	London	364	24.1	29.27
2	Cambridge	Cambridgeshire	891	6.0	7.25
3	Oxford	Oxfordshire	956	5.8	7.00
4	Westminster	London	1,008	4.8	5.83
5	Hackney	London	1,196	4.5	5.45
6	Camden	London	841	3.9	4.71
7	Islington	London	808	3.6	4.40
8	Southwark	London	1,108	3.5	4.28
9	Lambeth	London	1,030	3.3	3.95
10	Tower Hamlets	London	1,045	3.1	3.83
11	Hammersmith and Fulham	London	549	2.9	3.53
12	Norwich	Norfolk	400	2.7	3.30
13	Kingston upon Hull, City of	Yorkshire and The Humber	671	2.4	2.96
14	Lincoln	Lincolnshire	256	2.4	2.96
15	Reading	South East	441	2.4	2.93
16	Kensington and Chelsea	London	329	2.3	2.77
17	Wandsworth	London	720	2.1	2.59
18	Cardiff	Wales	808	2.1	2.56
19	Exeter	Devon	290	2.1	2.55
20	Gloucester	Gloucestershire	286	2.1	2.51
21	York	Yorkshire and The Humber	430	2.1	2.50
22	Bristol, City of	South West	1,013	2.0	2.49
23	Portsmouth	South East	419	2.0	2.38
24	Boston	Lincolnshire	131	1.8	2.24
25	Nottingham	East Midlands	584	1.8	2.14
26	Richmond upon Thames	London	342	1.7	2.11
27	North East Lincolnshire	Yorkshire and The Humber	269	1.7	2.04
28	Watford	Hertfordshire	180	1.7	2.04
29	Slough	South East	269	1.6	1.95
30	Kingston upon Thames	London	277	1.6	1.95
31	Harlow	Essex	154	1.6	1.90
32	Leicester	East Midlands	600	1.5	1.88
33	Worcester	Worcestershire	162	1.5	1.85
34	Welwyn Hatfield	Hertfordshire	182	1.5	1.80
35	Newham	London	548	1.5	1.78
36	Cheltenham	Gloucestershire	174	1.4	1.74
37	Preston	Lancashire	225	1.4	1.68
38	Brighton and Hove	South East	392	1.4	1.68
39	Southampton	South East	358	1.4	1.68
40	Hounslow	London	413	1.4	1.68
41	Peterborough	East of England	307	1.4	1.67
42	Coventry	West Midlands	505	1.4	1.66
43	Stevenage	Hertfordshire	124	1.4	1.64
44	Worthing	West Sussex	152	1.3	1.62
45	Stafford	Staffordshire	186	1.3	1.60
46	Waltham Forest	London	356	1.3	1.55
47	Liverpool	North West	626	1.2	1.49
48	Haringey	London	324	1.2	1.49
49	Windsor and Maidenhead	South East	189	1.2	1.44
50	Colchester	Essex	236	1.2	1.43
51	Warwick	Warwickshire	182	1.2	1.43
52	Newcastle upon Tyne	North East	375	1.2	1.42
53	Southend-on-Sea	East of England	216	1.2	1.42
54	Lancaster	Lancashire	169	1.2	1.42
55	Bedford	East of England	224	1.1	1.40
56	Leeds	Yorkshire and The Humber	970	1.1	1.39
57	Lewisham	London	344	1.1	1.39
58	Stoke-on-Trent	West Midlands	308	1.1	1.38
59	Eastbourne	East Sussex	115	1.1	1.34
60	Canterbury	Kent	178	1.1	1.33
61	Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	South West	447	1.1	1.33
62	Ipswich	Suffolk	152	1.1	1.32
63	Merton	London	232	1.1	1.29
64	Blackpool	North West	150	1.0	1.26
65	Darlington	North East	117	1.0	1.26
66	Middlesbrough	North East	160	1.0	1.24
67	Charnwood	Leicestershire	193	1.0	1.24
68	Gosport	Hampshire	81	1.0	1.19
69	Ealing	London	359	0.9	1.13
70	Woking	Surrey	95	0.9	1.09
71	Derby	East Midlands	246	0.9	1.09
72	Warrington	North West	192	0.9	1.08
73	Chichester	West Sussex	114	0.9	1.07
74	North Lincolnshire	Yorkshire and The Humber	151	0.9	1.07
75	Hastings	East Sussex	80	0.9	1.07
76	Epsom and Ewell	Surrey	73	0.9	1.06
77	Milton Keynes	South East	266	0.9	1.06
78	Greenwich	London	260	0.9	1.05
79	Newark and Sherwood	Nottinghamshire	110	0.9	1.04
80	Denbighshire	Wales	83	0.8	1.03
81	Bracknell Forest	South East	110	0.8	1.02
82	Swindon	South West	200	0.8	1.00
83	Hartlepool	North East	80	0.8	0.99
84	Brent	London	287	0.8	0.99
85	Broxtowe	Nottinghamshire	92	0.8	0.98
86	Arun	West Sussex	135	0.8	0.96
87	St Albans	Hertfordshire	119	0.8	0.96
88	Burnley	Lancashire	78	0.8	0.95
89	Guildford	Surrey	115	0.8	0.92
90	Thurrock	East of England	137	0.8	0.92
91	Doncaster	Yorkshire and The Humber	241	0.8	0.92
92	South Cambridgeshire	Cambridgeshire	130	0.8	0.92
93	Hillingdon	London	248	0.8	0.92
94	Cherwell	Oxfordshire	126	0.7	0.90
95	Rushmoor	Hampshire	78	0.7	0.90
96	Medway	South East	214	0.7	0.89
97	Great Yarmouth	Norfolk	73	0.7	0.88
98	Ashford	Kent	101	0.7	0.87
99	Wolverhampton	West Midlands	201	0.7	0.87
100	Huntingdonshire	Cambridgeshire	133	0.7	0.85
101	Oadby and Wigston	Leicestershire	43	0.7	0.85
102	Elmbridge	Surrey	98	0.7	0.84
103	Sefton	North West	197	0.7	0.84
104	East Staffordshire	Staffordshire	89	0.7	0.83
105	Thanet	Kent	97	0.7	0.83
106	Sheffield	Yorkshire and The Humber	393	0.7	0.82
107	Newport	Wales	108	0.6	0.78
108	Chelmsford	Essex	121	0.6	0.78
109	Wokingham	South East	118	0.6	0.77
110	West Berkshire	South East	104	0.6	0.77
111	Crawley	West Sussex	78	0.6	0.76
112	Stockton-on-Tees	North East	130	0.6	0.76
113	North Somerset	South West	141	0.6	0.76
114	Halton	North West	82	0.6	0.76
115	Newcastle-under-Lyme	Staffordshire	78	0.6	0.74
116	Rushcliffe	Nottinghamshire	77	0.6	0.74
117	Birmingham	West Midlands	712	0.6	0.73
118	King's Lynn and West Norfolk	Norfolk	93	0.6	0.72
119	West Northamptonshire	East Midlands	259	0.6	0.72
120	Enfield	London	192	0.6	0.71
121	Nuneaton and Bedworth	Warwickshire	83	0.6	0.71
122	Vale of White Horse	Oxfordshire	87	0.6	0.71
123	Redcar and Cleveland	North East	81	0.6	0.71
124	Herefordshire, County of	West Midlands	110	0.6	0.70
125	Ashfield	Nottinghamshire	73	0.6	0.68
126	Havant	Hampshire	71	0.6	0.68
127	Luton	East of England	133	0.6	0.68
128	Basildon	Essex	107	0.6	0.67
129	Bath and North East Somerset	South West	110	0.5	0.67
130	Wrexham	Wales	76	0.5	0.67
131	East Suffolk	Suffolk	136	0.5	0.66
132	Bassetlaw	Nottinghamshire	67	0.5	0.65
133	Bradford	Yorkshire and The Humber	298	0.5	0.64
134	Gravesham	Kent	58	0.5	0.64
135	Somerset	South West	307	0.5	0.63
136	Barking and Dagenham	London	121	0.5	0.63
137	New Forest	Hampshire	91	0.5	0.63
138	Redditch	Worcestershire	45	0.5	0.62
139	Runnymede	Surrey	47	0.5	0.62
140	Cumberland	North West	143	0.5	0.62
141	South Tyneside	North East	77	0.5	0.62
142	Redbridge	London	161	0.5	0.61
143	Croydon	London	205	0.5	0.61
144	Barnet	London	202	0.5	0.61
145	St. Helens	North West	94	0.5	0.60
146	East Cambridgeshire	Cambridgeshire	46	0.5	0.60
147	Tamworth	Staffordshire	40	0.5	0.60
148	Rugby	Warwickshire	60	0.5	0.60
149	Swansea	Wales	123	0.5	0.59
150	Swale	Kent	77	0.5	0.59
151	Cheshire East	North West	204	0.5	0.59
152	South Holland	Lincolnshire	48	0.5	0.59
153	North Tyneside	North East	103	0.5	0.58
154	Westmorland and Furness	North West	109	0.5	0.58
155	Tendring	Essex	74	0.5	0.57
156	Eastleigh	Hampshire	67	0.5	0.57
157	Fareham	Hampshire	54	0.5	0.57
158	Fenland	Cambridgeshire	49	0.5	0.57
159	Spelthorne	Surrey	50	0.5	0.57
160	Mansfield	Nottinghamshire	52	0.5	0.56
161	North Devon	Devon	46	0.5	0.55
162	Cheshire West and Chester	North West	168	0.5	0.55
163	Folkestone and Hythe	Kent	50	0.4	0.54
164	Broxbourne	Hertfordshire	45	0.4	0.54
165	East Hertfordshire	Hertfordshire	69	0.4	0.53
166	Wirral	North West	142	0.4	0.52
167	West Suffolk	Suffolk	80	0.4	0.52
168	South Norfolk	Norfolk	63	0.4	0.52
169	Sutton	London	91	0.4	0.52
170	North Hertfordshire	Hertfordshire	58	0.4	0.51
171	Wyre	Lancashire	50	0.4	0.51
172	Wiltshire	South West	220	0.4	0.51
173	East Riding of Yorkshire	Yorkshire and The Humber	148	0.4	0.51
174	Telford and Wrekin	West Midlands	81	0.4	0.50
175	Wakefield	Yorkshire and The Humber	150	0.4	0.50
176	Northumberland	North East	135	0.4	0.49
177	North Northamptonshire	East Midlands	152	0.4	0.49
178	Erewash	Derbyshire	46	0.4	0.49
179	Bromley	London	135	0.4	0.49
180	Lewes	East Sussex	41	0.4	0.49
181	Knowsley	North West	65	0.4	0.49
182	Stroud	Gloucestershire	50	0.4	0.48
183	Shropshire	West Midlands	132	0.4	0.48
184	Chesterfield	Derbyshire	42	0.4	0.48
185	Sunderland	North East	114	0.4	0.48
186	South Kesteven	Lincolnshire	58	0.4	0.48
187	Cannock Chase	Staffordshire	41	0.4	0.48
188	Calderdale	Yorkshire and The Humber	83	0.4	0.48
189	Solihull	West Midlands	87	0.4	0.48
190	Conwy	Wales	45	0.4	0.48
191	West Oxfordshire	Oxfordshire	47	0.4	0.47
192	Mole Valley	Surrey	34	0.4	0.47
193	North Yorkshire	Yorkshire and The Humber	239	0.4	0.46
194	Dartford	Kent	47	0.4	0.46
195	Castle Point	Essex	34	0.4	0.46
196	Plymouth	South West	102	0.4	0.46
197	Basingstoke and Deane	Hampshire	72	0.4	0.45
198	Wyre Forest	Worcestershire	38	0.4	0.44
199	Torbay	South West	51	0.4	0.44
200	Gateshead	North East	73	0.4	0.44
201	South Ribble	Lancashire	41	0.4	0.43
202	Havering	London	97	0.4	0.43
203	Fylde	Lancashire	30	0.4	0.43
204	Harrow	London	94	0.3	0.42
205	Sandwell	West Midlands	120	0.3	0.41
206	Surrey Heath	Surrey	32	0.3	0.41
207	Walsall	West Midlands	99	0.3	0.41
208	Breckland	Norfolk	49	0.3	0.41
209	Dover	Kent	40	0.3	0.41
210	Tewkesbury	Gloucestershire	34	0.3	0.41
211	Dacorum	Hertfordshire	53	0.3	0.40
212	Flintshire	Wales	51	0.3	0.40
213	Blaby	Leicestershire	35	0.3	0.39
214	Central Bedfordshire	East of England	102	0.3	0.39
215	Rother	East Sussex	31	0.3	0.39
216	Maidstone	Kent	60	0.3	0.39
217	Hinckley and Bosworth	Leicestershire	37	0.3	0.39
218	Brentwood	Essex	25	0.3	0.38
219	Chorley	Lancashire	38	0.3	0.38
220	Isle of Wight	South East	44	0.3	0.38
221	Carmarthenshire	Wales	59	0.3	0.38
222	Tunbridge Wells	Kent	37	0.3	0.38
223	Blackburn with Darwen	North West	50	0.3	0.37
224	Buckinghamshire	South East	176	0.3	0.37
225	West Lindsey	Lincolnshire	30	0.3	0.37
226	Torfaen	Wales	28	0.3	0.36
227	Wychavon	Worcestershire	41	0.3	0.36
228	East Lindsey	Lincolnshire	43	0.3	0.36
229	Melton	Leicestershire	16	0.3	0.36
230	South Oxfordshire	Oxfordshire	46	0.3	0.36
231	South Gloucestershire	South West	90	0.3	0.36
232	Rotherham	Yorkshire and The Humber	80	0.3	0.35
233	Winchester	Hampshire	39	0.3	0.35
234	Lichfield	Staffordshire	32	0.3	0.35
235	Reigate and Banstead	Surrey	45	0.3	0.34
236	Barnsley	Yorkshire and The Humber	71	0.3	0.34
237	Vale of Glamorgan	Wales	38	0.3	0.34
238	Hyndburn	Lancashire	24	0.3	0.34
239	Mid Sussex	West Sussex	45	0.3	0.34
240	Horsham	West Sussex	42	0.3	0.34
241	Isle of Anglesey	Wales	19	0.3	0.33
242	Kirklees	Yorkshire and The Humber	121	0.3	0.33
243	North Kesteven	Lincolnshire	33	0.3	0.33
244	North West Leicestershire	Leicestershire	30	0.3	0.33
245	Tonbridge and Malling	Kent	36	0.3	0.32
246	East Devon	Devon	41	0.3	0.31
247	Mid Devon	Devon	22	0.3	0.31
248	Hertsmere	Hertfordshire	28	0.3	0.31
249	Mid Suffolk	Suffolk	28	0.3	0.31
250	Gwynedd	Wales	30	0.2	0.30
251	Test Valley	Hampshire	33	0.2	0.30
252	County Durham	North East	131	0.2	0.30
253	Caerphilly	Wales	43	0.2	0.30
254	Bexley	London	62	0.2	0.29
255	Cotswold	Gloucestershire	22	0.2	0.29
256	Staffordshire Moorlands	Staffordshire	23	0.2	0.29
257	Neath Port Talbot	Wales	34	0.2	0.29
258	Blaenau Gwent	Wales	16	0.2	0.29
259	Monmouthshire	Wales	22	0.2	0.28
260	West Lancashire	Lancashire	28	0.2	0.28
261	Harborough	Leicestershire	23	0.2	0.27
262	Dorset	South West	85	0.2	0.26
263	Gedling	Nottinghamshire	26	0.2	0.26
264	Malvern Hills	Worcestershire	18	0.2	0.26
265	Adur	West Sussex	14	0.2	0.26
266	Hart	Hampshire	22	0.2	0.26
267	North Norfolk	Norfolk	22	0.2	0.26
268	Stratford-on-Avon	Warwickshire	31	0.2	0.26
269	Bridgend	Wales	31	0.2	0.26
270	North Warwickshire	Warwickshire	14	0.2	0.25
271	Broadland	Norfolk	28	0.2	0.25
272	Pembrokeshire	Wales	25	0.2	0.24
273	Bromsgrove	Worcestershire	20	0.2	0.24
274	High Peak	Derbyshire	18	0.2	0.24
275	Braintree	Essex	32	0.2	0.24
276	East Hampshire	Hampshire	25	0.2	0.23
277	Bolsover	Derbyshire	16	0.2	0.23
278	Uttlesford	Essex	18	0.2	0.23
279	Maldon	Essex	13	0.2	0.23
280	Ribble Valley	Lancashire	12	0.2	0.22
281	Sevenoaks	Kent	22	0.2	0.22
282	South Derbyshire	Derbyshire	21	0.2	0.22
283	Dudley	West Midlands	57	0.2	0.21
284	Epping Forest	Essex	23	0.2	0.20
285	Three Rivers	Hertfordshire	16	0.2	0.20
286	Ceredigion	Wales	12	0.2	0.20
287	Rossendale	Lancashire	12	0.2	0.20
288	Cornwall	South West	93	0.2	0.19
289	North East Derbyshire	Derbyshire	17	0.2	0.19
290	Teignbridge	Devon	22	0.2	0.19
291	Forest of Dean	Gloucestershire	14	0.2	0.19
292	Powys	Wales	21	0.2	0.19
293	Amber Valley	Derbyshire	20	0.2	0.19
294	Merthyr Tydfil	Wales	9	0.2	0.19
295	Waverley	Surrey	20	0.1	0.18
296	South Hams	Devon	13	0.1	0.17
297	Pendle	Lancashire	14	0.1	0.17
298	South Staffordshire	Staffordshire	16	0.1	0.17
299	Derbyshire Dales	Derbyshire	10	0.1	0.17
300	Torridge	Devon	9	0.1	0.16
301	Tandridge	Surrey	11	0.1	0.15
302	Rutland	East Midlands	5	0.1	0.15
303	Wealden	East Sussex	19	0.1	0.14
304	Rhondda Cynon Taf	Wales	24	0.1	0.12
305	Babergh	Suffolk	9	0.1	0.11
306	Rochford	Essex	7	0.1	0.09
307	West Devon	Devon	4	0.1	0.08
308	Isles of Scilly	South West	0	0.0	0.00

Recorded crime depends on reporting and recording as well as on offending, so small differences between areas should not be over-read. See the methodology.

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