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Preventing Cycle thefts

Humberside Police are looking to make Kingston Upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, North Lincolnshire and North East Lincolnshire safe places to own, use and store pedal cycles. Cycling is good for the area, however bikes can be rich pickings for any would-be thieves.

Unfortunately too many pedal cycles are stolen each year in Humberside. A significant proportion of these have been left insecure - bikes that haven’t been locked at all, locked inadequately, ‘secured’ with a poor quality lock or locked to themselves or an insecure object.

It is fair to say that in the above cases cyclists make it easy for a thief to walk off with their bike. Cycle theft statistics could be radically improved if people took more care over the security of their bikes.

On those occasions when the police do manage to retrieve stolen bikes, it is often very difficult to trace the bike to its original owner or to prove ownership as the bike has not been registered or security marked in any way.

Humberside Police and crime and disorder reduction partnerships from each local authority area are aiming to reduce the level of cycle theft by co-ordinating the efforts of partner agencies delivering on crime reduction, organising awareness events and targeting resources to hotspot areas.

through a multi-agency Cycle Theft Task Group, which meets on a regular basis to monitor crime levels and to deliver crime reduction initiatives.

On this website we will advise you on how you can improve your bike security so you can work with us reduce cycle theft.