THEFTS: Bike thefts in Worcester are the worst in the region, but will the new Crowngate bike stores help? BICYCLE thefts in Worcester are the worst in the West Midlands, according to new statistics. Government figures on bike thefts show there were 328 thefts per 100,000 people in 2020 in Worcester. This is a long way ahead of the next two in the list, Coventry (119) and Stoke on Trent (110). However, when grouped and split into the UK’s 12 regions, the West Midlands ranked as the third lowest number for bike thefts, with its rate standing at 75 per 100,000 on average. In Worcester, new safe storage for bicycles has been installed at the Crowngate Centre thanks to the efforts of cycling group Bike Worcester.