Where Does Bicycle Theft Occur?
The location of bicycle theft varies, with each location requiring separate analysis to best inform your response. Common locations include the following: • in and around the victim’s home; • in and around the victim’s workplace; • in public space, such as bicycle-parking facilities; and • at risky facilities,† such as university campuses and railway stations.23 † See Problem Solving Tools Guide No. 6, Understanding Risky Facilities. Research indicates that most bicycles reported stolen are taken from outside of or on the premises of the victim’s home (including garages and sheds),24 or from outside of shops or leisure facilities.25 However, bicycle theft is not limited to such locations and will vary across different locales. For example, a study conducted in Belgium reported that almost no bicycles were stolen from the victims’ homes.26 For this reason, careful analyses of bicycle theft locations are required to determine whether your local problem clusters around certain risky facil
