British Cycle Theft Hotspots
Submitted by paul on Tue, 06/23/2009 - 00:48
More Than did a bit of research around Britain to see how long it would take for a bike to be stolen.
The full list of results from More Than’s research is as follows:
Liverpool, Mathew Street - three hours 52 minutes
Bristol, East Street, Bedminster - three hours 15 minutes
Manchester, Arndale shopping centre, Market Street - two hours 57 minutes
Norwich, Exchange Street - two hours 34 minutes
Newcastle, Eldon Garden shopping centre, Percy Street - two hours 25 minutes
Portsmouth, Albert Road, Southsea - two hours 12 minutes
Cardiff, Capitol shopping mall, Queen Street - two hours 10 minutes
Birmingham, The Rag Market, Edgbaston Street - one hour 55 minutes
Glasgow, Buchanan Street, one hour 30 minutes
London, London Bridge Station, Duke Street Hill - 17 minutes
Do we have any idea where Brent's hotspot is?
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Brent's hotspot
I came out of Lidl in Wembley Park after ten minutes, to find someone removing my front wheel. I imagine there are worse places though.
I'm a bit puzzled though, about this survey. Were the bikes locked? If not, can they be said to have been stolen? Maybe they were just considered part of a new bike hire scheme. And what right does an organisation that calls itself "More Than" have to tell anybody anything?
Where's my wheel gone?
The question is " why was the wheel not locked with a coil or D Lock?" That 50p packet of peas would have turned out not so cheap!
I think the bikes were not locked - "More Than" stupid i suppose.
Wheel meet again
Front wheel is now always locked. Can you let us know where More Than are doing their next survey? I could do with a new bike.