Bike theft stats by area?

[Ribenapigeon]

Are there stats for bike thefts by area? I got to thinking about this after the recent thread on a bike stolen in southhampton and comments which suggest S'hampton has a particular problem with motorcycle thieves.

If you live in an area which has a chronic theft problem surely it would serve local bikers well to start kicking up a fuss with local MP's and high ranking Plods?

[Mario_Kempes]

Pigs work to stats now. Vehicle theft is difficult to solve therefore spending time investigating it won't help their stats.

They won't do shit.

Think yourself lucky. 1,565 bikes stolen in 6 months where I live.

[dydey90]

By postcode

By make/model
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[P.]

I could probably get a bike, put it in a van and get it home from Southampton in 2 hours, stripped by the end of the day and on its way to Bratislava.

If I could do that, imagine what a seasoned thief could do...

[Screw Loose]

What a silly suggestion

To actually expect an MP to do something (other than claim expenses).

Let alone to ask a copper to do something useful as opposed to handing out speeding tickets.

The cheek
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[Ribenapigeon]

[dydey90]

[Ribenapigeon]

[Ribenapigeon]

[sidewinder]

Heard somewhere that a pro thief can lift a bike into a van in under 12 secs ?

[P.]

[Ribenapigeon]

[Ste]

https://www.visordown.com/motorcycle-top-10s/top-10-motorcycle-theft-hotspots/23160.html

I really would have thought Southampton will be towards the better end of the scale of good to bad places. I saw in the other thread people saying that they'd heard of lots of bike thefts in Southampton, but of course if they live in Southampton or know people in Southampton then they're going to hear about.

I wouldn't have thought contacting your local MP or plod about it would make any difference whatsoever cos you'd be telling them things that they already know.

[Ribenapigeon]

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[Ribenapigeon]

[wr6133]

I think the visordown article is too broad with just the initial parts of a postcode, to be that useful. I live in SP postcode which it puts as Salisbury and ranks 57th. Where I live a fair few miles from Salisbury you could actually leave your keys in the thing and come back to find it still there (of 70+ crimes in my town last year the closest to a vehicle theft was a few stolen push bikes).

There's a webshite somewhere that lists postcodes in a bit more detail and ranks them how insurers do, that would give a better idea. Or the Police publish crime maps for areas so you can actually look where specifically thefts are occurring for an area.

Infact here it is https://www.motorcarinsuranceuk.co.uk/post-code-ratings.php

[Ste]

Different insurance companies and different brokers use different rankings. Websites/lists like that one only give you an idea.

And that list is 5 years old.