Bike theft stats

No 1 is not surprising I suppose

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1193133/Liverpool-Britains-honest-city--surprise-surprise-London-worst.html

Well, you have to trust an article that well written

'*In an experiment designed to test the honesty of recession-hit Britons, researchers planted bikes across the country's cities and tested how long it was before they **was *stolen.'

'The finding compares to just 17 minutes in London where a bike was stolen in 17 minutes.'

See, you Scouse hating cunts, I was right along along! London my arse!

Can you copy and paste that article?

Most newspapers websites are verboten by the work firewall.

Liverpool is Britain's most honest city... and surprise, surprise London is the worst

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London is Britain's most dishonest city according to an honesty experiment, as Tory leader David Cameron can testify after having two bikes stolen

Liverpool is Britain's most honest city and London is the worst, according to an experiment which tested the honesty of people across the UK.

In an experiment designed to test the honesty of recession-hit Britons, researchers planted bikes across the country's cities and tested how long it was before they was stolen.

The experiment, conducted across 10 UK cities, saw unsecured bicycles left in high footfall locations.

The bicycles were then left and researchers timed how long it was before they were wheeled away by opportunistic thieves.

And according to the figures it seems Liverpool has come top of the honesty table with thieves waiting four hours to steal a bike.
The finding compares to just 17 minutes in London where a bike was stolen in 17 minutes.
The London and Liverpool figures fall way below and above the national average of two hours and 22 minutes.

Bike theft is a growing problem for all cyclists as Conservative leader David Cameron can testify, having had two bicycles stolen in the last year.

The number of bikes stolen from UK streets has now risen to an estimated 300,000 annually which is every 105 seconds, according to the research by insurance giant More Th<n.

With commuters looking for cheaper travel options due to the recession, bicycle sales have risen by 22 per cent and with June marking the beginning of the busiest period for bike theft.

More Th<n researchers also found only five per cent of stolen bikes are ever recovered with the average one costing more than £200.

In total, bike thieves are costing the nation in excess of £62 million every year.

Peter Markey, Marketing Director for the company said: 'The experiment was designed to raise awareness about the growing problem of bike theft and also to help us identify cities where there is a particularly high risk.

'Naturally we don't recommend anyone leave their bike unsecured and the experiment proves that, no matter where you live, without proper security it's just a matter of time until your bike is snatched.'

City Time taken to steal bike
Liverpool, Matthew St. 3 hours 52 minutes
Bristol, Bedminster area 3 hours 15 minutes
Manchester, Arndale Shopping Centre 2 hours 57 minutes
Newcastle, Eldon Shopping Centre 2 hours 25 minutes
Portsmouth, Southsea area 2 hours 12 minutes
Cardiff, Capitol Shopping Mall 2 hours 10 minutes
Birmingham, The Rag Market 1 hour 55 minutes
Glasgow, Buchanan Street 1 hour 30 minutes
London, London Bridge Station 17 minutes

**** National Average: 2 hours 22 minutes ***

Err.. population density factoring fail.

Scousers are still cunts.

Scousers are still cunts.

Coming from an Aussie?!

shakes head

Looking for loose change in your hair?

Well, you have to trust an article that well written

'*In an experiment designed to test the honesty of recession-hit Britons, researchers planted bikes across the country's cities and tested how long it was before they **was *stolen.'

'The finding compares to just 17 minutes in London where a bike was stolen in 17 minutes.'

They also give no indication of the sample group size - which renders the 'experiment' meaningless.

"'Naturally we don't recommend anyone leave their bike unsecured and the experiment proves that, no matter where you live, *without proper security *it's just a matter of time until your bike is snatched.'"

. . . and who has done this 'experiment' ? An insurance company.

Experiment Fail.

I think we can see a trend here:

Liverpool, Matthew St. 3 hours 52 minutes
Bristol, Bedminster area 3 hours 15 minutes
Manchester, Arndale Shopping Centre 2 hours 57 minutes

The chavs in these locations are obviously too stupid to realise that these bikes weren't locked up.

Chav is such a shit word, what do you really mean?

Chav is such a shit word, what do you really mean?
http://images.google.co.uk/images?q=chav

I really wish I could keep my bike at left luggage @ liverpool street station... no way am I just gonna chain it up over night!

it's a daily mail article .. so take whatever they say, and believe the opposite.

http://images.google.co.uk/images?q=chav

But it's a shit media madeup word to describe the working class.

'Chav' has always, since way back been slang for a baby or a little kid, 'chavvy'

it's a daily mail article .. so take whatever they say, and believe the opposite.

So effectively, flip the list upside down?

City Time taken to steal bike
Liverpool, Matthew St. 3 hours 52 minutes
Bristol, Bedminster area 3 hours 15 minutes
Manchester, Arndale Shopping Centre 2 hours 57 minutes
Newcastle, Eldon Shopping Centre 2 hours 25 minutes
Portsmouth, Southsea area 2 hours 12 minutes
Cardiff, Capitol Shopping Mall 2 hours 10 minutes
Birmingham, The Rag Market 1 hour 55 minutes
Glasgow, Buchanan Street 1 hour 30 minutes
London, London Bridge Station 17 minutes
London, London Fields Forcefully taken before researcher had chance to place bike

i'm only joking, dont get so defensive

Hate this kind of made up research, proves nowt. Says a lot that the marketing director is the person they put up for interview. It's so easy these days to do a 'study', press release it and get a load of coverage for an 'experiment' which has no basis in sound research whatsoever. Grrr.

But it's a shit media madeup word to describe the lumpen proletariat

As we all know...

That's cos the dodgy scousers come down to London to steal the bikes - much easier pickings from us soft touch southerners.

Chav is such a shit word, what do you really mean?

Last time I was in Liverpool I noticed how cheap all the locks people used there compared to London, so I'd probably agree with the results above.

Chav is such a shit word, what do you really mean?