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Very reassuring to see that all of the handful of places I leave my bike locked up seem to be theft hotspots. It might be time to upgrade my lock!
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No use, they're after the Crumpet DNA on your bikes.
More seriously, the key thing is to think more about where to lock a bike (develop a feel for which places are insecure), and other things like locking technique. Locks are just passive, low-level defence—always over-hyped because people want to sell them to you, but as we've seen many times, no obstacle for determined thieves.
Some of this probably needs updating, but most of it still applies:
Oliver Schick
Stolen from Reddit - a look at bike theft reports over a 12 month period
https://biketheft.thelondonspy.co.uk/