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Bike theft in Hackney has gone up since 2003, peaking in 2009 and 2010, but since then has been falling on average. That rate has slowed recently though.
Common theme seems to be that E5 thefts have been from premises rather than street locations, most saying they've kept their bike in the hall.
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Common theme seems to be that E5 thefts have been from premises rather than street locations, most saying they've kept their bike in the hall.
The (vast, I think) majority of bike theft is from homes, sheds, etc. Street theft occurs, obviously, but it's far behind.
Police in E5 found a bike thief near Chatsworth Road a couple of years ago who had his entire house full of bikes, and I can't imagine they're not already on the case here. It's just that when a crime spree with a certain modus operandi starts to happen, there's always a bit of a time delay before the police can get active.
Oliver Schick
no luck recovering my Olmo @dwl.
Seems E5 is riddled with bike thieves now, has it always been this bad or is it the normal summer upswing in bike theft?
Is there something we could do as a group to take action? Coppers sure aren't doing nought; too under resourced and flooded with the volume of these crimes.