Table 3: Recorded offences of theft of a pedal cycle, 2002-03 to 2007-08( 1, 2)
Number
Police force area
2002-03
2003-04
2004-05
2005-06
2006-07
2007-08
Avon and Somerset
3,090
3,043
3,713
4,131
4,311
3,818
Bedfordshire
719
898
881
1,073
965
1,000
British Transport police
2,737
2,947
3,384
4,127
4,734
4,408
Cambridgeshire
3,975
4,374
4,528
4,442
4,121
3,802
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Cheshire
1,551
1,746
1,565
1,731
1,795
1,558
Cleveland
1,028
1,116
1,237
1,255
1,132
1,217
Cumbria
606
802
850
862
780
802
Derbyshire
1,301
1,358
1,131
1,156
1,065
1,135
Devon and Cornwall
1,443
1,712
1,825
1,792
1,871
1,775
Dorset
1,624
1,843
1,602
1,555
1,806
1,731
Durham
726
827
815
802
815
702
Dyfed-Powys
230
330
388
308
257
295
Essex
2,100
2,462
2,775
2,875
2,676
2,625
Gloucestershire
1,588
1,653
1,322
1,577
1,516
1,345
Greater Manchester
4,598
4,220
4,198
4,731
4,597
4,679
Gwent
632
624
570
600
564
520
Hampshire
4,253
4,545
4,869
5,843
5,839
4,988
Hertfordshire
1,397
1,484
1,656
1,767
1,826
1,641
Humberside
3,736
3,777
3,195
3,281
2,978
2,894
Kent
1,609
1,829
2,020
1,884
1,888
2,125
Lancashire
2,505
2,525
2,594
2,694
2,784
2,460
Leicestershire
1,754
1,869
1,879
1,893
1,932
1,989
Lincolnshire
1,810
1,623
1,766
1,736
1,604
1,662
London, City of
427
355
319
336
314
289
Merseyside
1,445
1,569
1,673
1,726
1,854
1,744
Metropolitan police
15,812
19,261
19,317
21,238
18,648
17,183
Norfolk
1,888
2,108
1,972
2,019
1,877
1,780
Northamptonshire
1,053
1,157
1,318
1,152
1,202
1,107
Northumbria
2,387
2,644
2,405
2,362
2,338
2,129
North Wales
850
783
773
617
681
662
North Yorkshire
2,331
2,563
1,991
2,041
2,020
1,796
Nottinghamshire
2,608
2,744
2,601
2,876
3,026
2,775
South Wales
1,717
1,822
1,978
1,762
1,810
1,866
South Yorkshire
1,787
1,346
1,421
1,725
1,690
1,619
Staffordshire
1,235
1,285
1,232
1,270
1,319
1,276
Suffolk
1,439
1,457
1,653
1,828
1,759
1,653
Surrey
1,085
1,297
1,331
1,463
1,679
1,539
Sussex
2,329
2,683
2,811
3,165
3,097
2,792
Thames Valley
5,264
5,547
5,879
5,994
5,688
5,239
Warwickshire
1,001
1,076
878
1,005
1,028
845
West Mercia
1,484
1,559
1,596
1,592
1,577
1,639
West Midlands
3,301
3,229
2,793
3,132
3,233
3,092
West Yorkshire
2,250
2,374
2,175
2,521
2,495
2,357
Wiltshire
1,050
1,001
1,074
1,253
1,335
1,446
England and Wales
97,755
105,467
105,953
113,192
110,526
103,999
(1) The data in this table take account of the introduction of the National Crime Recording Standard in April 2002. These figures are not directly comparable with those for earlier years. (2) Includes British Transport police from 2002-03 onwards.
